Brickellia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Brickellia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Brickellia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Brickellia
Brickellia is a North American genus of about 100 to 110 species of plants in the family Asteraceae, known commonly as brickellbushes. They are found in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America. Many species are native to the American southwest, especially Texas. Brickellia is among the more basal lineages of the Eupatorieae and should not be assigned to a subtribe pending further research.
They are mostly woody perennial shrubs. Some species have a very strong pleasant scent, while others smell distasteful. All contain high amounts of essential oils. Germacrene D, a natural insecticide, is found in B. veronicifolia and probably other species, if not all.
Despite their chemical defenses, brickellbushes are food for caterpillars of certain Lepidoptera. These include the noctuid moths Schinia trifascia, Schinia oleagina, which is known only from Brickellia, Schinia buta, which is only known from B. californica, and Schinia gracilenta, which is only known from B. eupatorioides.
The genus is named for John Brickell, 1748–1809, Irish-born physician and naturalist.
...Brickellia in languages:
- English
- brickellbushes
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Barroetea
- Brickellia
- Brickellia botterii
- Brickellia corymbosa
- Brickellia corymbosella
- Brickellia extranea
- Brickellia hebecarpa
- Brickellia leptophylla
- Brickellia macranthra
- Brickellia macromera
- Brickellia mcdonaldii
- Brickellia mexicana
- Brickellia michiliensis
- Brickellia ozarkana
- Brickellia paucidentata
- Brickellia reticulata
- Brickellia rosmarinifolia
- Brickellia schaffneri
- Brickellia suaveolens
- Coleosanthus
- Gemmipedium
- Kuhnia
- Leptanthodium
- Microphyllae
- Phanerostylis
- Xerobrickellia































































































































































