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Genus: Vernonia
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There are over 1000 species, almost cosmopolitan, of which 40 species are
found in southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of southern Africa (POSA)
- an online checklist (SANBI)
Vernonia acuminatissima |
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Vernonia africana |
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Vernonia amygdalina |
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Vernonia bainesii |
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Vernonia capensis (Cape
Vernonia, Narrow-leaved Vernonia)
Blounaaldetee, Blounaaldeteebossie [Afrikaans]; bolou,
mofefa-bana-oa-thaba, phefo [South Sotho] See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 496; Eastern
Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann
p. 272.. |
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Vernonia centaureoides See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 498. |
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Vernonia cinerascens |
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Vernonia colorata |
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Vernonia crataegifolia
See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 440. |
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Vernonia dregeana |
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Vernonia fastigiata See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 498. |
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Vernonia flanaganii |
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Vernonia galpinii
Bloukwasbossie, Perskwasbossie [Afrikaans] See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 210, 498; Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 246. |
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Vernonia gerberiformis |
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Vernonia gerrardii |
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Vernonia glabra |
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Vernonia hirsuta (Quilted-leaved
Vernonia)
Wildesonsoekertjie [Afrikaans]; hlele-hlele, phefo-e-kholo,
sethsee [South Sotho]; ijungitheka, ikhambi lenyongo, uhlunguhlungwana
lwentaba, umhlazawentaba [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 498. |
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Vernonia inhacensis |
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Vernonia meiostephana |
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Vernonia melleri |
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Vernonia mespilifolia |
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Vernonia myriantha |
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Vernonia natalensis (Silver
Vernonia)
ileleva, isibhaha sasenkangala, umlahlankosi-omhlophe
[Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 496; Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 246. |
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Vernonia nestor |
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Vernonia obionifolia |
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Vernonia oligocephala (Bicoloured-leaved
Vernonia)
Bitterbossie, Groenamarabossie, Maagbossie, Wildetee
[Afrikaans]; mofefa-bana, mofolotsane [South Sotho]; ihlambihloshane,
uhlungu-hloshana [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 496; Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 246. |
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Vernonia petersii |
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Vernonia poskeana See Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 246. |
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Vernonia potamophila |
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Vernonia rhodanthoidea |
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Vernonia rosenii |
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Vernonia schlechteri |
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Vernonia staehelinoides
Blouteebossie [Afrikaans] See Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 246. |
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Vernonia steetziana |
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Vernonia sutherlandii See Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 246; Transvaal
Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 192. |
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Vernonia thodei See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 498. |
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Vernonia tigna [= Vernonia neocorymbosa] Swartteebossie [Afrikaans]; uhlunguhlungu [Swazi, Zulu];
umzane-wehlati [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 440. |
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Vernonia triflora |
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Vernonia vallicola |
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Vernonia wollastonii |
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