Taxon: Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.) H. Rob. & B. Kahn

Genus:

Gymnanthemum

Family:

Asteraceae (alt.Compositae)

Subfamily:

Cichorioideae

Tribe:

Vernonieae

Subtribe:

Gymnantheminae

Nomen number:

419855

Place of publication:

Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 99:501. 1986

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

02-Jun-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 21-Jan-2011

Species priority site is:

North Central Regional PI Station (NC7)

Accessions:

1 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

Basionym: Eupatorium coloratum Willd.
(≡) Vernonia colorata (Willd.) Drake

Economic Importance:

Medicines: folklore (as Vernonia colorata)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

MACARONESIA: Cape Verde
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, South Africa, [KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga] Swaziland
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar

Naturalized

Africa

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion

Reference:

Robinson, H. 1999. Revisions in paleotropical Vernonieae (Asteraceae) Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112:220-247.

Check other web resources for Gymnanthemum coloratum (Willd.) H. Rob. & B. Kahn :

SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
On-line Flora of Zimbabwe:
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=419855. Accessed 24 April 2018.