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Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-12
Page range: 151–158
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A revised infrageneric classification for Brickellia (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae)

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996, USA
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, 1 University Station C0930, Austin TX 78712, USA
Alomiinae Mexican Flora North American Flora Eudicots

Abstract

A recent molecular phylogenetic study of the predominantly Mexican Brickellia resolved issues regarding its generic circumscription, but a new infrageneric classification remains to be formalized.  We propose to recognize as sections nine clades identified as monophyletic based on molecular data.  Three of these clades have been previously recognized as distinct genera, Barroetea, Kuhnia, and Phanerostylis, and require names at the sectional level.  The remaining six sections have names available from previous taxonomic work, but two of them require validation at the sectional level, and all have a different species composition compared to previous studies.