Gymnanthemum corymbosum (L.f.) H. Rob., 1999

Staehelina corymbosa L. f., Suppl. 359. 1781.

Vernonia corymbosa (L. f.) Less., Linnaea 6: 647. 1831, nom. illeg., non Vernonia corymbosa Schwein. ex Keating, Narr. Exp. Long. 2: 394. 1824.

Plectreca corymbosa (L. f.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 119. 1838 ( “1836”).

Vernonia neocorymbosa Hilliard, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32(3): 385. 1973. New name for Vernonia corymbosa .

Gymnanthemum corymbosum (L.f.) H. Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 112(1): 241. 1999.

Distribution.

Eastern South Africa through Swaziland and Natal, Transkei, s. Mosambique.

Note.

Many specimens from South Africa been seen including Schlechter 6644 distributed under the name Vernonia angulifera DC., nom. nud.