Biology:Vernoniopsis

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Vernoniopsis
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Vernoniopsis

Humbert
Binomial name
Vernoniopsis caudata
(Drake) Humbert
Synonyms[1]

Vernonia caudata Drake

Vernoniopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Jean-Henri Humbert in Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. vol.6 on page 155 in 1955.[3]

The genus name of Vernoniopsis is in honour of William Vernon (1666/67 - ca.1711), who was an English plant collector, (bryologist) and entomologist from Cambridge University, who collected in Maryland, USA in 1698.[4][5]

Species

There are 2 known species;[6]

  • Vernoniopsis caudata (Drake) Humbert - found only in Madagascar .[1]
  • Vernoniopsis lokohensis (Humbert) Callm. & Phillipson - also native to Madagascar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden
  3. Humbert, Jean-Henri. 1955. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétale 6: 154–155
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. 
  5. "Vernon, William (c. 1666-1711) on JSTOR". https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000359038. 
  6. "Vernoniopsis Dusén | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:288287-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7922306 entry