Vernonieae is a tribe of about 1300 species of plants in the aster family. They are mostly found in the tropics and warmer temperate areas, both in the Americas and the Old World. They are mostly herbaceous plants or shrubs, although there is at least one tree species, Strobocalyx arborea.
Taxonomy Vernonieae is considered sister to the tribe Liabeae. The tribe originated in southern Africa or Madagascar, and spread to the Americas in at least two different events.
In many works some 80% of the species in this tribe are classified in the genus Vernonia. Other authors, like Harold E. Robinson, divide the tribe into a larger number of small genera.
Genera Genera accepted by the Global Compositae Database as of March 2023:
Acanthodesmos Acilepidopsis Acilepis Adenoon Aedesia Ageratinastrum Albertinia Ambassa Ananthura Anteremanthus Baccharoides Bechium Bishopalea Blanchetia Bolanosa Bothriocline Brachythrix Brenandendron Caatinganthus Cabobanthus Camchaya Centauropsis Centratherum (synonym Oiospermum ) Chresta Chronopappus Cololobus Critoniopsis (synonym Tephrothamnus ) Cuatrecasanthus Cyanthillium Cyrtocymura Dasyandantha Dasyanthina Decaneuropsis Decastylocarpus Dewildemania Diaphractanthus Dipterocypsela Distephanus Echinocoryne Eirmocephala Ekmania Elephantopus Eremanthus Erlangea Ethulia Gorceixia Gutenbergia Gymnanthemum Harleya Herderia Hesperomannia Heterocoma Heterocypsela Hilliardiella Hoffmannanthus Hololepis Huberopappus Hystrichophora Iodocephalus Irwinia Jeffreycia Joseanthus Khasianthus Kinghamia Koyamasia Kurziella Lachnorhiza Lampropappus Lepidaploa Lepidonia Lessingianthus Linzia Lychnophora Lychnophorella Lychnophoriopsis Manyonia Maschalostachys Mattfeldanthus Mesanthophora Minasia Monosis Msuata Muschleria Myanmaria Neurolakis Nothovernonia Okia Oliganthes Omphalopappus Oocephala Orbivestus Orthopappus Pacourina Paralychnophora Parapolydora Paurolepis Phyllocephalum Piptocarpha Piptocoma Piptolepis Pithecoseris Pleurocarpaea Polydora Prestelia Proteopsis Pseudelephantopus Pseudopiptocarpha Pulicarioidea Quechualia Rastrophyllum Rolandra Roquea Loeuille, B., Almeida, R.B.P., Siniscalchi, C.M., Lusa, M.G. & Antar, G.M. (2024) Roquea, a new genus of Lychnophorinae (Vernonieae, Asteraceae) from Brazil and its phylogenetic placement. Phytotaxa 675 (2): 97–114. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.675.2.1 Sipolisia Soaresia Spiracantha Stenocephalum Stilpnopappus Stokesia Stramentopappus Strobocalyx Struchium Tarlmounia Telmatophila Trepadonia Trichospira Vernonanthura Vernonella Vernonia (synonym Centrapalus ) Vernoniastrum Vickianthus 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 Vinicia Xerxes Xiphochaeta
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