Taxon:  Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake



Summary
Genus:
Vernonia
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Vernonieae
Subtribe:
Vernoniinae
Nomen number:
41206
Place of publication:
Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46:230.  1900 ("1899")
Comment:
for date of publication see Taxon 37:46. 1988
Verified:
06/02/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Agnew, A. D. Q. 1974. Upland Kenya wild flowers: a flora of the ferns and herbaceous flowering plants of upland Kenya.
  2. Berhaut, J. 1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
  3. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
  4. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
  5. Compton, R. H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland.
  6. Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
  7. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  8. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  9. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
  10. Jeffrey, C. 1988. The Vernonieae in East Tropical Africa. Notes on Compositae: V. Kew Bull. 43:212.
  11. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  12. Robinson, H. 1999. Revisions in paleotropical Vernonieae (Asteraceae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112:240.
  13. Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
  14. Schijff, H. P. van der. 1969. A check-list of the vascular plants of the Kruger national park.
  15. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  16. Wild, H. 1978. The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area: 8. Vernonieae (Vernonia). Kirkia 11:93-94.
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Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=41206. Accessed 9 October 2026.