Asteraceae
Vernonia

Vernonia galamensis (Cass.) Less.

First published in Linnaea 4: 314 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 201, t. 80 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: tt. 777, 778 (1987).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 43: 229 (1988).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 1069 (1963).
  • G.V. Pope in Flora Zambesiaca 6: 138 (1992).
  • Less. in Linnaea 4: 314 (1829).
  • M.G. Gilbert in Kew Bulletin 41: 20 (1986).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2009 Massawe, G. [327] Tanzania K000614992 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Scott Elliot, G.F. [6872] Kenya K000312001 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Bernardi, L. [9182] Kenya K000312003 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [5369] Kenya K000311997 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K000311999 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Napier, E.R. [1959] Kenya K000311985 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Mungai, G.M. [119] Kenya K000312002 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Tweedie [726] Kenya K000312000 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Madsen, J.E. [5833] Burkina Faso K000391769 Yes
Mar 1, 1987 Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [784] Kenya K000312005 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1972 Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1166] Burkina Faso K000391768 Yes
Saufferer, S.; Muchai, S.M. [SS1994] Kenya K000311991 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [3760] Mali K000391770 Yes
Hagerup, O. [436] Mali K000391772 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [5064] Kenya K000311990 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [2817] Kenya K000311998 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [4907] Kenya K000311995 Yes
Smith, C.E.; Njoroge, D. [4640] Kenya K000311987 Yes
Bridson, D.M. [70] Kenya K000311989 Yes
Graham, M.D. [1755] Kenya K000311994 Yes
Lugard, C.; Lugard, E.J. [252] Kenya K000311988 Yes
Demange [34] Mali K000391773 Yes
Smith, C.E.; Njoroge, D. [4644] Kenya K000311993 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Tadesse, M. [6718] Kenya K000311996 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hedrén, M.; Dahir, A. [7642] Somalia K002588775 Yes
Friis, I.; Nigatu, L.; Michalsen [6259] Ethiopia K002588764 Yes
Magogo, F.C. [1531] Kenya K000311986 Yes
Pappi, A. [76] Eritrea K002588772 Yes
Saufferer, S.; Muchai, S.M. [SS1995] Kenya K000311992 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0