Vernonia collina Klatt, 1896

Robinson, Harold, Skvarla, John J. & Funk, Vicki A., 2016, Vernonieae (Asteraceae) of southern Africa: A generic disposition of the species and a study of their pollen, PhytoKeys 60, pp. 49-126 : 98

Vernonia collina Klatt, 1896

Vernonia collina Klatt, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4: 824. 1896, nom. illeg., non Vernonia collina Gardn. 1846.

Distribution.

Transvaal (In cliv. Mont. Elandspruitbergen, alt. 7000 ped., leg. R. Schlechter, 2 December 1893, N. 3832).

Note.

The name is an illegitimate later homonym and cannot be used, but the species, as described, cannot be placed with other Vernonian species presently known from South Africa. The original description ( Klatt 1896) makes no mention of corollas and they may have been absent on the type collection. According to the description, the achenes are ca. 3 mm long and the pappus is 1.5 cm long, suggesting an immature or overly mature condition. From the description it is not certain the species is actually a member of the Vernonieae .