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Vernonia Schreb.

This genus name was first published in Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]. 2: 541. 1791 [May 1791]  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000040166.

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Synonyms of Vernonia

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Seneciodes sect. Eremosis (DC.) Kuntze – — wfo-1000043760
Vernonia sect. Leiboldia (Schltdl) – — wfo-1000043782
Vernonia sect. Euvernonia DC. – — wfo-1000043849
Vernonia sect. Baccharoides (L. ex Moench) Moench ex Gleason – — wfo-1000043947
Vernonia subsect. Centrapalus (Cass.) S.B.Jones Rhodora 83(833): 69 (1981):. wfo-3000002016
Lessingianthus subg. Oligocephalus H.Rob. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 101(4): 949 (1988). wfo-3500003957
Aostea Buscal. & Muschl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49(3-4): 502 (1913) wfo-4000002562
Leiboldia Schltdl. Linnaea 19: 742 (1847) wfo-4000020902
Punduana Steetz Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 2): 345 (1864) wfo-4000032180
Triplotaxis Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 355 (1914) wfo-4000039299
Baccharodes L. ex Kuntze – — wfo-4100001419

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Vernonia:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia abyssinica Sch.Bip. ex Hochst. Flora 24(1, Intelligenzbl.): 26, no wfo-0000016805
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia acilepis Benth. ex Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn (1852) 68. wfo-0000019955
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia acuminata M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 143 (2001). wfo-0000091706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia acutifolia var. ambigua DC. Prodr. 5: 47 (1836) wfo-0001378867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia adenophylla Merr. Brittonia 4(1): 184. 1941 [Dec 1941] wfo-0000096291
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia adoensis var. adoensis – – — wfo-0000103064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia adulteriana Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich lxvi. 235 (1921), hybr. wfo-0000121299
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia afromontana var. pleiocephala Chiov. Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya 61 1935 — wfo-0000100287
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia albeomensae Cortés Fl. Colombia : 116 (1897) wfo-0000023173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia albicaulis subsp. longistylis S.C.Keeley J. Arnold Arbor. 59(4): 374. 1978 wfo-0000092465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia alpestris var. angustifolia Baker Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56(Mém. 3d): 370 (1909) wfo-0001378868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia alpicola Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 17 (1836) wfo-0000020701
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia altissima Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. ii. 540 wfo-0000073055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia altissima f. alba Moldenke Boissiera 7: 5 (1943) wfo-0001321329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia altissima var. pubescens Daniels Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 1: 402 (1907) wfo-0001378869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia amara (L.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. iv. 165 (1812) wfo-0000072091
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia ammophila var. vestita Baker Fl. Bras. 6(2): 46 (1873) wfo-0001378870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia anceps C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3(8): 233 (1881) wfo-0000095111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia angustifolia subsp. mohrii (S.B.Jones) S.B.Jones & W.Z.Faust N. Amer. Fl. ser. 2, 10: 188. 1978 wfo-0001406124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia angustissima C.Wright Ark. Bot. 13, n.° 15: 78, pl. 6 (1914) wfo-0000059699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia antanala var. mangorensis (Humbert) Humbert – — wfo-1200068580
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia appariciana G.M.Barroso Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 13: 10, tab. 4 (1954) wfo-0000002411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia approximata Baker Fl. Bras. 6(2): 23 (1873) wfo-0000094779
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arbor Levl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 304. 1912. — wfo-0000048687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborea var. grandifolia J.Kost. – — wfo-1200068314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborea var. kenepaiensis J.Kost. – — wfo-1200068383
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborea var. obovata S.Moore – — wfo-1200068491
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborea var. papanensis J.Kost. – — wfo-1200068447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborea var. pilifera J.Kost. – — wfo-1200068409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborea var. simalurensis J.Kost. – — wfo-1200068306
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborea var. sumatrensis J.Kost. – — wfo-1200068349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborescens Pers. () wfo-0000036983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborescens var. arborescens – – — wfo-0000046791
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborescens var. swartziana Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 353 (1861) wfo-0001378871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arborescens var. wrightii (Sch.Bip.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 268 (1890) wfo-0001378872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arbutilifolia Baker J. Bot. 20: 169, in obs. (1882) wfo-0000036046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arenaria Mart. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 54. 1836 [1-10 Oct 1836] wfo-0000082831
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia areysiana Deflers Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 104 (1896) wfo-0000064601
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia argyropappa H.Buek. Ind. Gen. Sp. Syn. in DC. Prodr. 2: Praef. 5. 1840. — wfo-0000051841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia ariifolia Mart. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 30 (1836) wfo-0000019535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia aristata Less. Linnaea 4(3): 313. 1829 [Jul 1829] wfo-0000070024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia aristata Reinw. & De Vriesr. Pl. Ind. Bat. Or. 130. 18-- — wfo-0000053749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia aristata Reinw. ex de Vriese Pl. Ind. Bat. Orient. : 130 (1856) wfo-0000109942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia arnottiana Thomson ex C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind. : 20 (1876) wfo-0000075788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia aschersonii var. aschersonii – – — wfo-0000049558
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia aschersonii var. robusta Cufod. – — wfo-1200068435
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia aspera Less. Linnaea 6: 643 (1831) wfo-0000094536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia asteriflora Mart. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 29. 1836 [1-10 Oct 1836] wfo-0000137350
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia asteriflora var. mollissima (Don ex Hook. & Arn.) Chodat – wfo-0001402637
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia asterotrichia Benth. ex Baker Fl. Bras. 6(2): 124 (1873) wfo-0000132574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia asterotrichia Poepp. & Endl. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. iii. 41 (1843) wfo-0000062846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia asterotrichia var. latifolia Benth. ex Baker () wfo-0001391325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia axillaris Sch.Bip. Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 418. 1863 wfo-0000085210
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia axilliflora Reider Ann. Blumisterei Gartenbesitz. 2: 135. 1827 wfo-1200096488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bahiana (H.Rob.) D.J.N.Hind Kew Bull. 55(1): 185 (2000) wfo-0000116756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia baillonii Scott-Elliot J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 211. 1891 — wfo-0000136585
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bainesii subsp. bainesii Oliv. & Hiern – wfo-1200068542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bainesii subsp. wildii (Merxm.) Wild Kirkia 11(1): 1 (1978) wfo-0001364302
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia baldwinii f. alba Waterf. Rhodora 52: 175 (1950) wfo-0001321331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia baldwinii f. albiflora E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Brittonia 10: 118 (1958) wfo-0001321330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia baoulensis A.Cheval. Expl. Bot. Afr. Oer. Franç. 1: 352. 1920 — wfo-0000053762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia barkeri Ekman Ark. Bot. 23A(11): 49. 1931. — wfo-0000042720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bayensis Thulin & Beentje Kew Bull. 66(1): 175 (-178; fig. 1) (2011) wfo-0001331798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bellidioides Ekman – — wfo-0000039331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia betonicifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 487 (1887) wfo-0000018822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia biafrae var. tufnelliae (S.Moore) Isawumi Advances Compositae Syst. 89 (1995):. wfo-0000061723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bifrons Vahl ex Less. Linnaea 5: 261 (1830) wfo-0000072273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bottae Jaub. & Spach Ill. Pl. Orient. 4(36): 92, t. 358 (1852) wfo-0000005132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bourdillonii Gamble Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 339 (1920) wfo-0000020949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia brachycalyx var. brachycalyx – – — wfo-0000051665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia brachycalyx var. megana Cufod. – — wfo-1200068309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bracteolata DC. Prodr. 5: 62 (1836) wfo-0000034109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia braunii Muschler Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 73. 1911. — wfo-0000057488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia breviceps Ekman – — wfo-0000114188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bullata Benth. ex Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Dansk Naturhist. Foren. Kjobenhavn (1852) 67. wfo-0000069380
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bullata Benth. ex Örsted Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjbenhavn 1852; 67. 1853. — wfo-0000053341
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia bupleurifolia Sch.Bip. ex Baker Fl. Bras. (Martius) 6(2): 87. 1873 [1 Jun 1873] wfo-0000010579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia calongensis Muschler Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 89. 1911. — wfo-0000047401
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia calvoana Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 415 (1892) wfo-0000065693
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia calvoana Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 94: t. 5698 (1868) wfo-0000009782
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia calvoana subsp. calvoana – – — wfo-0000097229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia calvoana var. microcephala – – wfo-0001415840
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia candollei DC. Prodr. 5: 21 (1836) wfo-0000031634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia canescens Sch.Bip. Flora 27(2): 667 (1844) wfo-0000041609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia canescens var. pilata S.F.Blake Brittonia 2: 331 (1937) wfo-0001378874
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia capitata Drake Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 228 (1900) wfo-0000000762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia capreifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 487 (1887) wfo-0000054463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia carinata Hutchinson & Burtt Rev. Zool. & Bot. Afr. 23: 37. 1932. — wfo-0000054940
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia carnotiana Humbert Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 318 (1949) wfo-0000025954
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia catati Drake Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 243 (1900) wfo-0000086849
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia catophylla (Sch.Bip.) Hironymus – — wfo-0000000488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia cernua Bojer ex DC. Prodr. 7(1): 24 (1838) wfo-0000086058
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia ceylanica N.P.Balakr. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67: 62 (1970) wfo-0000092267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia ceylanica var. crassa (Thwaites) N.P.Balakr. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 22(1-4): 176 (1982) wfo-0000057184
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia chevalieri Gagnep. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 1919, xxv. 488. wfo-0000057182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia chiarugii Pichi-Sermolli Miss. Lago Tana, 7 Recerche Bot. Pt. 1, 155. 1951. — wfo-0000056424
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia cichoriifolia Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 2, 2: 300 (1902) wfo-0000035290
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia cinerea f. aridicola Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1929 wfo-0001327255
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia cinerea f. genuina Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1929 wfo-0001327256
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Vernonia cinerea f. latifolia Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1929 wfo-0001327257