CYANTHILLIUM Blume
GYMNANTHEMUM Cass.
HILLIARDIELLA H. Rob.
LINZIA Sch. Bip. ex Walp.
ORBIVESTUS H. Rob.
POLYDORA Fenzl
VERNONIASTRUM H. Rob.
Herman, P.P.J. & Swelankomo, N. (2011) Vernonia (Tribe Vernonieae) and related genera in Southern Africa: updates and corrections Bothalia 41(1) 176-178
Wild, H. (1978) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11(1) 31-127
Annual or perennial herbs (often with annual stems from woody rootstocks), small to large shrubs, woody scramblers or small trees. Leaves alternate, simple. Capitula homogamous, discoid; florets normally bisexual and fertile. Phyllaries free in 2-many series, imbricate. Corolla various shades of purple, blue, or creamy-white, regularly 5-lobed. Pappus 2-seriate with an outer short whorl of scales or setae and an inner whorl of longer setae. Derivation of name: Named after William Vernon, English botanist of the late 17th century. Worldwide: c. 1,000 species in warm and tropical regions of the Old World and America Burundi: 42 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Content | |
| adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp.[Agg] | Description, Image | |
| agrianthoides C.Jeffrey | ||
| amblyolepis Baker | ||
| amygdalina Delile | Description, Image | |
| auriculifera Hiern | ||
| brachycalyx O.Hoffm. | ||
| cinerea (L.) Less. | ||
| congolensis De Wild. & Muschl. | ||
| gerberiformis Oliv. & Hiern[Agg] | ||
| glabra (Steetz) Vatke[Agg] | ||
| griseopapposa G.V.Pope | ||
| guineensis Benth. | ||
| hochstetteri Sch.Bip. ex Hochst. | ||
| infundibularis Oliv. & Hiern | ||
| ischnophylla Muschl. | ||
| ituriensis (Muschl.) H.Rob. | ||
| jelfiae S. Moore | Description, Image | |
| karaguensis Oliv. & Hiern | Description, Image | |
| kirungae R.E.Fr. | ||
| lampropappa O.Hoffm. | ||
| lasiopus (O.Hoffm.) H. Rob. var. iodocalyx (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey | ||
| lasiopus O. Hoffm. | ||
| meiostephana C. Jeffrey | Description, Image | |
| melanocoma C.Jeffrey | ||
| melleri Oliv. & Hiern | Description, Image | |
| miombicola Wild | ||
| musofensis S.Moore | ||
| myriantha Hook. f. | Description, Image | |
| perrottetii Sch.Bip. ex Walp. | Description, Image | |
| petersii Oliv. & Hiern ex Oliv. | Description, Image | |
| praecox Welw. ex O.Hoffm. | ||
| prolixa S.Moore | ||
| purpurea Sch. Bip. ex Walp. | Description, Image | |
| ringoetii De Wild. | ||
| schweinfurthii Oliv. & Hiern | ||
| sengana S.Moore | ||
| smithiana Less. | ||
| stenocephala Oliv. | Description, Image | |
| thomsoniana Oliv. & Hiern ex Oliv. | ||
| turbinella S.Moore | Description, Image | |
| ugandensis S.Moore | ||
| undulata Oliv. & Hiern |