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June 2025

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genus

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link