Kurziella H.Rob. & Bunwong, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 123(2): 176. 2010.

Bunwong, Sukhonthip, Chantaranothai, Pranom & Keeley, Sterling C., 2014, Revisions and key to the Vernonieae (Compositae) of Thailand, PhytoKeys 37, pp. 25-101 : 78

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Kurziella H.Rob. & Bunwong, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 123(2): 176. 2010.
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Kurziella H.Rob. & Bunwong, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 123(2): 176. 2010.

Type.

Vernonia gymnoclada Collett & Hemsl.

Description.

Perennial herbs. Stems erect, young branches angled, puberulous. Leaves simple, alternate, subsessile, pubescent, glands capitate, subcoriaceous absent at anthesis. Capitulescences axillary, spicate or solitary. Capitula discoid, homogamous, sessile or subsessile, florets bisexual and fertile. Involucres campanulate. Phyllaries imbricate, persistent, without glands. Corollas purple, actinomorphic, lobes 5. Anthers 5, syngenesious. Styles 2-branched, inner surface covered with stigmatic papillae, outer surface covered with sweeping hairs. Achenes terete, carpopodium present, hairy without glands. Pappus in 1 series of bristles. Pollen echinate, 3-colporate, with micropuncta.

One species is recognized in Thailand.