Centrapalus pauciflorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Centrapalinae
Genus :Centrapalus
Species: Centrapalus pauciflorus

Name

Centrapalus pauciflorus (Willd.) H.Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112(1): 236 (1999)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Conyza pauciflora Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 3(3): 1927. (1803)
• Homotypic
  • Vernonia pauciflora (Willd.) Less. Linnaea 4: 314. (1829) non Poir. (1817)
• Heterotypic
  • Centrapalus galamensis Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 7: 383. (1817)
  • Vernonia galamensis Less. Linnaea 4: 314. (1829)
  • Vernonia petitiana A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 373. (1848)
  • Vernonia afromontana R.E.Fr. Acta Horti Berg. ix. 116 (1928)
  • Vernonia zernyi Gilli Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 78: 165. (1974)
    

Note: Not all secondary sources accept this combination preferring Vernonia galamensis and its subspecies (Hassler, 2017). However, this is contradictory, as there is almost universal agreement that all species of Vernonia, except those originating in the northern Americas, have to be recircumscribed to other genera - see Robinson (1999). The problem appears to be that the type species, Centrapalus africanus, has been transferred to Vernonella africana by Robinson & Skvarla (2010).

References

• Robinson, H.E. 1999. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(1): 236.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Centrapalus pauciflorus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Centrapalus pauciflorus. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 11 2017.
• Robinson, H. & Skvarla, J.J. 2010. The restoration of the genus Vernonella Sond. (Vernonieae: Asteraceae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 123(3): 181-192. DOI: 10.2988/09-28.1 Reference page.