Vernonia alleizettei is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Vernonia alleizettei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Vernonia
Species:
V. alleizettei
Binomial name
Vernonia alleizettei
Humbert

Four varieties are accepted:[1]

  • Vernonia alleizettei var. alleizettei – isotype collected in 1948[2]
  • Vernonia alleizettei var. hirtella
  • Vernonia alleizettei var. moramangensis
  • Vernonia alleizettei var. rienanensis – holotype was collected in 1924 at "Centre (confins Est), haute vallée de la Rienana (bassin du Matitanana)"[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Vernonia alleizettei Humbert". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Isotype of Vernonia alleizettei Humbert [family ASTERACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. ^ "Holotype of Vernonia alleizettei Humbert var. rienanensis Humbert [family ASTERACEAE] on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2020-08-10.