Brickellia cavanillesii

Brickellia cavanillesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Brickellia
Species:	B. cavanillesii
Binomial name
Brickellia cavanillesii (Cass.) A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Brickellia rosalesia (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. Brickellia squarrosa (Cav.) B.L.Rob. 1917, illegitimate homonym not B.L.Rob. & Seaton 1893 Brickellia squarrosa B.L.Rob. & Seaton 1893 Bulbostylis cavanillesii (Cass.) DC. Coleosanthus cavanillesii (A.Gray) Cass. Coleosanthus squarrosus (Cav.) Kuntze Eupatorium squarrosum Cav. 1791 Eupatorium squarrosum Sessé & Moc. 1890, illegitimate homonym not Cav. 1791 Rosalesia glandulosa La Llave

Brickellia cavanillesii is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Chiapas north as far as Durango.[2]

The species is named for Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles 1745 – 1804.[3]

References

1. The Plant List, Brickellia cavanillesii (Cass.) A.Gray
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. Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 67 description in Latin, commentary in French

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen of Brickellia cavanillesii, collected in México State
• Heriba del becerro, Brickellia cavanillesii video in Spanish, explaining medicinal uses of this and certain other Mexican plants
• Plantas medicinales de México, Priodigiosa, Brickellia cavanillesii in Spanish