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Brickellia rhomboidea

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Brickellia rhomboidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species:
B. rhomboidea
Binomial name
Brickellia rhomboidea
Synonyms[1]
  • Coleosanthus rhomboideus (Greene) Greene

Brickellia rhomboidea is a Mexican species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico, found along the shores of the Gulf of California including on offshore islands.[2][3][4]

Brickellia rhomboidea is a loosely branching shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Brickellia rhomboidea Greene
  2. ^ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
  3. ^ a b Greene, Edward Lee 1890. Pittonia 2(8C): 103–104
  4. ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.