Vernonia gigantea

Vernonia gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Vernoniinae
Genus: Vernonia
Species: Vernonia gigantea

Name

Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ex Branner & Coville, 1891

Synonyms

• Cacalia gigantea (Walt.) Kuntze
• Chrysocoma gigantea Walt.
• Serratula altissima (Nutt.) DC.
• Vernonia altissima Nutt.
• Vernonia altissima var. brevipappa Gleason
• Vernonia altissima var. laxa Gleason
• Vernonia altissima var. lilacina Clute
• Vernonia altissima var. taeniotricha S.F.Blake
• Vernonia gigantea subsp. ovalifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Urbatsch
• Vernonia gigantea var. ovalifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) D.B.Ward
• Vernonia gigantea var. praealta (Michx.) Daniels
• Vernonia gigantea subsp. pubescens Morris
• Vernonia maxima Small
• Vernonia oligantha Greene
• Vernonia ovalifolia Torr. & A. Gray
• Vernonia praealta (L.) Michx.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Northern America Canada (Ontario), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Trelease, W., Rep. Geol. Surv. Arkansas 1888(4):189. 1891

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Vernonia gigantea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Vernonia gigantea. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 01 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Vernonia gigantea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 01.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Vernonia gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Vernonia gigantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: giant ironweed

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