Brickellia kellermanii is a Mesoamerican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Central America (Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize) and southern Mexico (Chiapas).Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe II, Eupatorieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatema la - Part XII. Fieldiana: Botany 24(12): 32–128, 466–482Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
Brickellia kellermanii is a subshrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has numerous small flower heads with white or pale purple flowers.Greenman, Jesse More 1907. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series 2(6): 265
The species is named for US botanist William A. Kellerman, 1850–1908.Tropicos, Brickellia kellermanii Greenm.
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