Gymnanthemum crataegifolium (Hutch.) H. Rob., 1999

Vernonia mespilifolia Less. var. subcanescens DC., Prodr. 5: 29. 1836.

Vernonia crataegifolia Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 7: 330. 1912.

Vernonia pseudocorymbosa Thell., Vierteljahrsschr. Nat. Ges. Zurich, 68: 440. 1923.

Gymnanthemum crataegifolium (Hutch.) H. Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 112(1): 241. 1999.

Distribution.

South Africa (Transvaal, Natal, Swaziland, Cape colony).

Note.

The species is known in this study from descriptions, from photographs of the syntype, Clydesdale, Tyson 1188 (K) deposited at the US by Earl Smith, and one specimen, Sidey 3470 from Natal, distributed originally as Vernonia corymbosa .