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December 2022

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Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel.

This species name was first published in Rep. (Annual) Arkansas Geol. Surv. 1888(4): 189 (1891)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000000462.

Synonyms of Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Chrysocoma gigantea Walter Fl. Carol. : 196 (1788) wfo-0000018132
Vernonia maxima var. maxima wfo-0000051269
Vernonia ovalifolia var. ovalifolia wfo-0000051705
Vernonia maxima subsp. maxima wfo-0000055055
Vernonia gigantea var. gigantea wfo-0000058564
Vernonia ovalifolia Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 59 (1841) wfo-0000059592
Vernonia altissima var. laxa Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 248 (1919) wfo-0000068080
Vernonia gigantea subsp. pubescens E.Morris Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13: 179 1900 wfo-0000096918
Vernonia gigantea subsp. gigantea (Walter) Trel. wfo-0000101504
Vernonia altissima var. brevipappa Gleason Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 248 (1919) wfo-0000101606
Vernonia altissima var. lilacina Clute Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 36: 225 (1930) wfo-0000103851
Vernonia gigantea subsp. ovalifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) Urbatsch Brittonia 24: 237 (1972) wfo-0000107772
Vernonia altissima var. altissima wfo-0000108122
Vernonia gigantea var. praealta Daniels Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 1: 402 (1907) wfo-0000109312
Vernonia altissima var. taeniotricha S.F.Blake Rhodora 19: 167 (1917) wfo-0000111205
Serratula altissima DC. Prodr. 6: 671 (1838) wfo-0000115702
Vernonia oligantha Greene Pittonia 5(26): 56 (1902) wfo-0000116941
Vernonia praealta Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 95, partim. 1803; et DC. P wfo-0000120197
Vernonia gigantea var. ovalifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) D.B.Ward Phytologia 94(3): 468 (2012) wfo-0001384670