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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 Malawi: 64 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acrocephala Klatt | N | |
| acuminatissima S. Moore | C | |
| adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp.[Agg] | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp. var. adoensis | N | Image |
| adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp. var. kotschyana (Sch. Bip. ex Walp.) G.V. Pope | N,C | Description, Image |
| adoensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp. var. mossambiquensis (Steetz) G.V. Pope | N,C,S | |
| alticola G.V.Pope | N | |
| amblyolepis Baker | N,S | |
| amygdalina Delile | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| anthelmintica (L.) Willd. | N | Description, Image |
| bainesii Oliv. & Hiern subsp. bainesii | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| bainesii Oliv. & Hiern subsp. brassii Wild[End] | C | |
| bellinghamii S. Moore | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| biafrae Oliv. & Hiern | N,S | |
| brachycalyx O.Hoffm. | N | |
| calyculata S. Moore | N,C,S | |
| chloropappa Baker | Description, Image | |
| chthonocephala O.Hoffm. | C,S | |
| cinerea (L.) Less. var. cinerea | N,S | Description, Image |
| colorata (Willd.) Drake subsp. colorata | S | Description, Image |
| colorata (Willd.) Drake subsp. oxyura (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey | N,C,S | Description |
| exsertiflora Baker var. exsertiflora | N | |
| filipendula Hiern | C,S | Description, Image |
| fractiflexa Wild[End] | N | Description |
| galamensis (Cass.) Less. subsp. galamensis var. australis M.G. Gilbert | S | |
| gerberiformis Oliv. & Hiern subsp. gerberiformis var. gerberiformis | C | Image |
| glaberrima Welw. ex O.Hoffm. | N,S | Description, Image |
| glabra (Steetz) Vatke var. glabra | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| glabra (Steetz) Vatke var. laxa (Steetz) Brenan | S | Description, Image |
| griseopapposa G.V.Pope | N | |
| holstii O. Hoffm. | N,S | Description, Image |
| incompta S.Moore | N | Description |
| karaguensis Oliv. & Hiern | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| kawoziensis Davies[End] | N | Description |
| kayuniana G.V. Pope[End] | N | |
| kirkii Oliv. & Hiern | C,S | Description, Image |
| melleri Oliv. & Hiern var. superba (O. Hoffm.) C. Jeffrey | N,C,S | |
| melleri Oliv. & Hiern var. melleri | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| milanjiana S. Moore[End] | S | |
| muelleri Wild subsp. brevicuspis G.V.Pope | N,S | |
| musofensis S.Moore var. musofensis | S | |
| musofensis S. Moore var. miamensis (S. Moore) G.V. Pope | N,C,S | |
| myriantha Hook. f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| natalensis Sch. Bip. ex Walp. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| nestor S. Moore | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| oligocephala (DC.) Sch. Bip. ex Walp. | Description, Image | |
| petersii Oliv. & Hiern ex Oliv. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| polysphaera Baker | N | Description, Image |
| poskeana Vatke & Hildebr. subsp. poskeana | Description, Image | |
| praemorsa Muschl. | N | |
| pteropoda Oliv. & Hiern | N,S | |
| purpurea Sch. Bip. ex Walp. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| rhodanthoidea Muschl. | Description, Image | |
| rubens Wild[End] | N | |
| schweinfurthii Oliv. & Hiern | S | |
| stenocephala Oliv. | N | Description, Image |
| subaphylla Baker | N,C | Description, Image |
| suprafastigiata Klatt | N | Description, Image |
| syringifolia O.Hoffm. | N,C | Description, Image |
| thomsoniana Oliv. & Hiern ex Oliv. | N,C,S | |
| tolypophora Mattf. | N | |
| turbinella S.Moore | N | Description, Image |
| ugandensis S. Moore | N,C,S | |
| wollastonii S.Moore | N,S | Description, Image |
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