Vernonanthura

Vernonanthura
Vernonanthura nudiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Vernonioideae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Vernonanthura H.Rob.
Type species
Vernonanthura brasiliana [1] (L.) H.Rob.

Vernonanthura is a genus of Neotropical plants in the tribe Vernonieae ^[2] within the family Asteraceae. ^{[1] [3]}

The genus name of Vernonanthura 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. As well as the complex ending derived from 'anthera' (anther) and 'oura' (tail), referring to the frequently tailed anther base of the plant. ^{[4] [5]}

Species

72 species are accepted. ^[6]

• Vernonanthura almedae (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura amplexicaulis (R.E.Fr.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura angulata (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura auriculata (Griseb.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura beyrichii (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura brasiliana (L.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura buxifolia (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura cabralensis H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura catharinensis (Cabrera) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura chamaedrys (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura chaquensis (Cabrera) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura cichoriifolia (Chodat) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura cocleana (S.C.Keeley) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura cordata (Kunth) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura crassa (Vell.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura cuneifolia (Gardner) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura cupularis (Chodat) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura cymosa (Vell.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura densiflora (Gardner) A.J.Vega & Dematt.
• Vernonanthura discolor (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura divaricata (Spreng.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura fagifolia (Gardner) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura ferruginea (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura fuertesii (Urb.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura glandulosodentata (Hieron.) G.Soares & Loeuille
• Vernonanthura havanensis (DC.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura hieracioides (Griseb.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura hilairiana (Gardner) A.J.Vega & Dematt.
• Vernonanthura ignobilis (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura laxa (Gardner) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura lindbergii (Baker) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura lipeoensis (Cabrera) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura loretensis (Hieron.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura lucida (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura mariana (Mart. ex Baker) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura membranacea (Gardner) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura menthifolia (Poepp. ex Spreng.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura montevidensis (Spreng.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura mucronulata (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura nana A.J.Vega & Dematt.
• Vernonanthura nudiflora (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura oligactoides (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura oligolepis (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura paludosa (Gardner) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura patens (Kunth) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura perangusta (Malme) A.J.Vega & Dematt.
• Vernonanthura petiolaris (DC.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura phaeoneura (Toledo) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura phosphorica (Vell.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura pinguis (Griseb.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura piresii (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura polyanthes (Spreng.) A.J.Vega & Dematt.
• Vernonanthura prenanthoides (Gleason) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura pseudolinearifolia (Hieron.) A.J.Vega & Dematt.
• Vernonanthura pseudonudiflora (Hieron.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura puberula (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura rigiophylla (Kuntze) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura rubriramea (Mart. ex DC.) Loeuille & P.N.Soares
• Vernonanthura sambrayana (S.B.Jones) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura santacruzensis (Hieron.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura schulziana (Cabrera) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura sinclairii (Benth.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura spathulata M.Monge & Semir
• Vernonanthura squamulosa (Hook. & Arn.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura stellaris (La Llave) Al.Rodr.
• Vernonanthura subverticillata (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura tuerckheimii (Urb.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura tweedieana (Baker) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura vinhae (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura viscidula (Less.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura warmingiana Dematt.
• Vernonanthura westiniana (Less.) H.Rob.

formerly included ^{[7] [8]}

see Critoniopsis, Vernonia, Vickianthus

• Vernonanthura cichoriiflora(Chodat) H.Rob. - Vernonia cichoriiflora Chodat
• Vernonanthura cronquistii(S.B.Jones) H.Rob. - Vickianthus cronquistii (S.B.Jones) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura hintoniorum(B.L.Turner) H.Rob. - Vickianthus hintoniorum (B.L.Turner) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura liatroides(DC.) H.Rob. - Vickianthus liatroides (DC.) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura oaxacana(Sch.Bip. ex Klatt) H.Rob. - Vickianthus oaxacanus (Sch.Bip. ex Klatt) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura patens(Kunth) H.Rob. - Vernonia patens Kunth
• Vernonanthura serratuloides(Kunth) H.Rob. - Vickianthus serratuloides (Kunth) H.Rob.
• Vernonanthura stellata(Spreng.) H.Rob. - Critoniopsis stellata (Spreng.) H.Rob.

References

1. Robinson, H. (1992) A new genus Vernonanthura (Vernonieae, Asteraceae) Phytologia 73(2) 65-76
2. Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
3. Tropicos, Vernonanthura H. Rob.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen[Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (in German). 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". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
6. "Vernonanthura H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
7. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
8. Robinson†, H., Funk†, V. A., Kelloff, C. L., & Chan, R. (2023). Vickianthus, a new genus of the Vernonieae (Compositae) from Mexico. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 17(1), 139–149. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v17.i1.1291