Linzia glabra Steetz in Peters, 1864
Vernonia glabra (Steetz) Vatke, Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 27: 194. 1877.
Linzia glabra Steetz in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 353. 1864.
Vernonia obconica Oliv. & Hiern in Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 286. 1877.
Vernonia ondongensis Klatt ex Schinz, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 3: 430. 1895.
Vernonia glabra (Steetz) Vatke var. laxa (Steetz) Brenan, Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 8(5): 460. 1954.
Distribution.
Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, south to Angola, Mozambique, and Namibia, South Africa (Transvaal, Natal) and Swaziland.