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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 Zambia: 112 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
| acrocephala Klatt | N | N | |
| adenocephala S.Moore | W | Nw | |
| adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp.[Agg] | N,W,C,E,S | Image | |
| adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp. var. adoensis | Image | ||
| adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp. var. kotschyana (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) G.V. Pope | N,W,C,E,S | Nw,N,Mc,E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| alticola G.V.Pope | N,E | N,Mc | |
| ambigua Kotschy & Peyr. | W,C | Nw,C | |
| amblyolepis Baker | N | N | |
| amoena S. Moore | N,Lk,S,W | ||
| amygdalina Delile | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,N,E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| anthelmintica (L.) Willd. | B,W,C,E,S | E,C,S,W | Description, Image |
| bainesii Oliv. & Hiern subsp. bainesii | N,E | N | Description, Image |
| bellinghamii S. Moore | N,W,C,E | Cb,Lp,N,C | Description, Image |
| biafrae Oliv. & Hiern | N | Mc | |
| brachycalyx O.Hoffm. | N | N | |
| bruceana Wild | N | N | |
| bullulata S.Moore | W | Nw | |
| calyculata S. Moore | N,W | Nw,N | |
| catumbensis Hiern | W | Nw | |
| chloropappa Baker | N,C | N,C,Lk | Description, Image |
| chthonocephala O.Hoffm. | N,C,E | N,E,C | |
| colorata (Willd.) Drake subsp. colorata | N,C,S | N,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| colorata (Willd.) Drake subsp. oxyura (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey | N,E | N | Description |
| daphnifolia O.Hoffm. | N | ||
| denudata Hutch. & B.L.Burtt | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
| dewildemaniana Muschl. | N,W | Nw,N | |
| exsertiflora Baker var. exsertiflora | N,W,C,S | Nw,N | |
| exsertiflora Baker var. tenuicalyx G.V.Pope | N,W | Cb,N | |
| filipendula Hiern | W,C | Nw,Cb,Lk | Description, Image |
| gerberiformis Oliv. & Hiern subsp. gerberiformis var. gerberiformis | N,W | Nw,N | Image |
| gerberiformis Oliv. & Hiern subsp. gerberiformis var. hockii (De Wild. & Muschl.) G.V.Pope | W,C | Cb,C | |
| gerberiformis Oliv. & Hiern subsp. macrocyanus (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey | W,C | Cb,C | Description, Image |
| glaberrima Welw. ex O.Hoffm. | B,N,W,C | Nw,N,C,Lk,W | Description, Image |
| glabra (Steetz) Vatke var. glabra | N,W,C,E,S | Cb,N,E,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| glabra (Steetz) Vatke var. laxa (Steetz) Brenan | B,C,E,S | E,C,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| griseopapposa G.V.Pope | Mc | ||
| guineensis Benth. | |||
| helodea Wild [DD] | N | N | |
| holstii O. Hoffm. | N | Mc | Description, Image |
| ianthina Muschl. | W | Nw | |
| incompta S.Moore | N,W | Cb,N,C | Description |
| isoetifolia Wild [VU] | N | ||
| jelfiae S. Moore var. albida G.V. Pope | N,W,C | Cb,Lp,Mc,C,Lk | Description, Image |
| jelfiae S. Moore var. jelfiae | N,W,C,S | Cb,N,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| karaguensis Oliv. & Hiern | N,W | Nw,N | Description, Image |
| kirkii Oliv. & Hiern | N,C,E,S | Mc,E,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| lafukensis S.Moore | N | Lp,N | Description |
| lasiopus O. Hoffm. | |||
| longipedunculata De Wild. var. longipedunculata | N,W | Nw,N | |
| longipedunculata De Wild. var. manikensis (De Wild.) G.V.Pope | B,N,W | Nw,N,W | |
| longipedunculata De Wild. var. retusa (R.E.Fr.) G.V.Pope | N,W,C | Cb,N,C | |
| luembensis De Wild. & Muschl. | N,W,C | Cb,N,C | Description, Image |
| lycioides Wild [DD] | W | Nw | |
| madefacta Wild [DD] | N | N | |
| mbalensis G.V.Pope | N | ||
| meiostephana C. Jeffrey | Nw,N,E,Lk,S,W | Description, Image | |
| melleri Oliv. & Hiern var. superba (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey | B,N,W,C,E,S | Cb,Mc,E,C,S | |
| melleri Oliv. & Hiern var. melleri | B,N,W,C,E,S | Cb,Mc,E,C,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| miombicola Wild | N | N | |
| muelleri Wild subsp. brevicuspis G.V.Pope | N | N | |
| mumpullensis Hiern | W | Nw | |
| mushituensis Wild [LR-lc] | N,W | Cb,N | |
| musofensis S.Moore var. musofensis | N,W,C | Cb,N,Lk | |
| musofensis S. Moore var. miamensis (S. Moore) G.V. Pope | N,W,C,S | Cb,N,Lk,S | |
| mutimushii Wild [VU] | N | Lp | |
| myriantha Hook. f. | N,W,C,E,S | Cb,N,E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| najas Wild [VU] | W | Nw | |
| natalensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp. | N,C,E | N,Mc,C | Description, Image |
| nestor S. Moore | N,W,C,E | Cb,N,E,C | Description, Image |
| oligocephala (DC.) Sch. Bip. ex Walp. | N,C | N,Lk | Description, Image |
| orchidorrhiza Welw. ex Hiern | W | Nw | |
| perrottetii Sch.Bip. ex Walp. | B,N,W,C,S | Cb,Lp,C,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| petersii Oliv. & Hiern ex Oliv. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Cb,Mc,E,C,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| polysphaera Baker | N,W,C | Nw,Cb,Lp,N,Mc,C | Description, Image |
| poskeana Vatke & Hildebr. subsp. poskeana | Nw,S | Description, Image | |
| poskeana Vatke & Hildebrandt subsp. samfyana (G.V.Pope) G.V.Pope | Lp | ||
| potamophila Klatt | B | Nw,W | Description |
| praecox Welw. ex O.Hoffm. | W | Nw | |
| praemorsa Muschl. | N,W,E | Cb,N,Mc | |
| pteropoda Oliv. & Hiern | E | Lk | |
| purpurea Sch. Bip. ex Walp. | N,W,C,E,S | Cb,Mc,E,C,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| retifolia S.Moore | N | Lp,N | |
| rhodanthoidea Muschl. | C,E,S | E,Lk,S | Description, Image |
| ringoetii De Wild. | W | Nw | |
| robinsonii Wild | W | Nw | |
| rosenii R.E. Fr. | B,C,S | Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| roseoviolacea De Wild. | N | C,Lk,S,W | |
| schweinfurthii Oliv. & Hiern | W,C | Cb,Lk | |
| solweziensis Wild | W | Nw | |
| steetziana Oliv. & Hiern | S,W | ||
| stellulifera (Benth.) C.Jeffrey | W | Nw | |
| stenocephala Oliv. | N,W,C,E | Cb,N,E,C | Description, Image |
| subaphylla Baker | N,W,C,S | Lp,N,Lk | Description, Image |
| subplumosa O.Hoffm. | B,W | ||
| sunzuensis Wild | N | N | Description, Image |
| suprafastigiata Klatt | B,N,W,C,E,S | Nw,Cb,N,Mc,E,C,Lk,S,W | Image |
| sylvicola Pope | B,N,W,C,S | Nw,Lp,N,C,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
| syringifolia O.Hoffm. | E | Mc | Description, Image |
| tanganyikensis R.E.Fr. [LR-lc] | N | Lp,N | Description |
| teucrioides Welw. ex O.Hoffm. | B | W | |
| thomsoniana Oliv. & Hiern ex Oliv. | N,W,C,E,S | Cb,N,E | |
| tolypophora Mattf. | N,C | N,C | |
| tuberifera R.E. Fr. | N,W | Nw,Lp | |
| turbinella S.Moore | N,W,E | Nw,N,Mc | Description, Image |
| ugandensis S. Moore | B,N,W,C,E | Nw,Cb,Mc,E,C | |
| undulata Oliv. & Hiern | W | Nw | |
| upembaensis Kalanda | W | Nw | |
| verrucata Klatt | W | Nw | |
| viatorum S.Moore | N | ||
| violaceopapposa De Wild. subsp. nuttii G.V.Pope | N | ||
| wollastonii S.Moore | E | Mc,C | Description, Image |
| zambiana G.V.Pope [VU] | N | N |
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