Vernonia bontocensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Vernonia |
Species: | V. bontocensis |
Binomial name | |
Vernonia bontocensis Merr | |
Vernonia bontocensis is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] It is endemic to the Philippines. [2]
Vernonia is a genus of about 350 species of forbs and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. Some species are known as ironweed. Some species are edible and of economic value. They are known for having intense purple flowers. There have been numerous distinct subgenera and subsections named in this genus, and some botanists have divided the genus into several distinct genera. For instance, the Flora of North America recognizes only about twenty species in Vernoniasensu stricto, seventeen of which are in North America north of Mexico, with the others being found in South America.
Vernonia djalonensis is a critically endangered species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the West African country of Guinea.
Vernonia acaulis is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the U.S.
Vernonia actaea is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Sulawesi.
Vernonia ampandrandavensis is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Vernonia anamallica is a species of perennial plant from family Asteraceae. It is endemic to India.
Vernonia anandrioides is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Angola.
Vernonia andapensis is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Vernonia aosteana is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Zimbabwe.
Vernonia beddomei is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to India.
Vernonia brazzavillensis is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to The Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Vernonia coerulea is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Vernonia colorata is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to tropical and southern Africa.
Vernonia flaccidifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Vernonia schweinfurthii is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia. One subspecies is recognized: Vernonia schweinfurthii var. bukamaensis.
Vernonia sechellensis was a species of plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It has not been seen since its original discovery on the island of Mahé in 1874. It was endemic to the Seychelles.
Vernonia dewildemania is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Vernonia verrucosa is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Angola and Zambia. It can grow up to 75 cm with stems, usually purple that are uniformly leafy, glabrous.
Acilepis ornata is a species of plant native to India. The species was first described by William Alexander Talbot in 1898 as Vernonia ornata.
Vernonia fasciculata, the smooth ironweed or common ironweed, or prairie ironweed is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Manitoba in Canada and the north-central U.S.A.