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Vernonia (ironweed)

Angiospermae - Asterales - Asteraceae

Taxonomy
Vernonia was named by Schreber (1791). It is extant.

It was assigned to Compositae by Antal and Awasthi (1993); and to Asteraceae by Chauhan (1991), Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Vernonia Schreber
1991Vernonia Chauhan
1993Vernonia Antal and Awasthi
2008Vernonia Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Campanulids
orderAsterales
familyAsteraceae
genusVernoniaSchreber 1791

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Vernonia Schreber 1791 [ironweed]
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†Vernonia palaeoarborea Antal and Awasthi 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available