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Brickellia veronicifolia

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Species of flowering plant

Brickellia veronicifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Brickellia
Species: B. veronicifolia
Binomial name
Brickellia veronicifolia
(Kunth) A.Gray
Synonyms
  • Brickellia veronicaefolia (Kunth) A.Gray
  • Eupatorium veronicifolium Kunth
  • Eupatorium veronicaefolium Kunth

Brickellia veronicifolia is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico, from Chihuahua to Oaxaca. In the United States, it very rare, found only in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park in Texas, and also in Otero County in New Mexico.

Brickellia veronicifolia is a shrub up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It produces large numbers of small, pale yellow or cream-colored flower heads.

Brickellia veronicifolia contains high amounts of essential oils, Germacrene D, a natural insecticide and the two flavonoids brickellin and eupatolitin.

References

  1. The Plant List, Brickellia veronicifolia (Kunth) 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. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Flora of North America, Brickellia veronicifolia
  5. Rivero-Cruz B, Rivero-Cruz I, Rodriguez JM, Cerda-Garcia-Rojas CM, Mata R. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the active components of the essential oil from Brickellia veronicaefolia by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. J Nat Prod. 2006 Aug;69(8):1172-6.
  6. Brickellin, a novel flavone from Brickellia veronicaefolia and B. chlorolepis. Roberts M. F., Timmermann B. N., Mabry T. J., Brown R., Matlin S. A., Phytochemistry, 1984, vol. 23, no1, pp. 163-165
  7. Roberts, Margaret F.; Timmermann, Barbara N.; Mabry, Tom J. (1980). "6-Methoxyflavonols from Brickellia veronicaefolia (compositae)". Phytochemistry. 19 (1): 127–129. Bibcode:1980PChem..19..127R. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(80)85028-X.

External links

Data related to Brickellia veronicifolia at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Brickellia veronicifolia
Eupatorium veronicifolium


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