Vernonioideae Explained

Vernonioideae is a subfamily of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. It includes seven or more tribes, some of which contain subtribes.

Tribes, subtribes, and genera

Per Susanna et al., except as otherwise noted.

• • • • • • • Eremothamneae Platycarpheae Arctotideae Arctotidinae
  • Heterolepis incertae sedis
• Arctotideae-G subtribe (possible new tribe Gorterieae)
  • Gorteriinae ^[1]
    • Berkheya
    • Berkheyopsis
    • Cullumia
    • Cuspidia
    • Didelta
    • Gazania
    • Gorteria (syn. Hirpicium)
    • Heterorhachis
    • Roessleria
    • Liabeae Liabinae
  • Munnoziinae
  • Paranepheliinae
  • Sinclairiinae
• Distephaneae ^[2]
  • • Distephanus
      • Moquinieae Vernonieae Centrapalinae
  • Centratherinae
  • Chrestinae
  • Dipterocypselinae
  • Elephantopinae
  • Erlangeinae
  • Gymnantheminae
  • Hesperomanniinae
  • Leiboldiinae
  • Lepidaploinae
  • Linziinae
  • Lychnophorinae
  • Mesanthophorinae
  • Pacourininae
  • Piptocarphinae
  • Rolandrinae
  • Sipolisiinae
  • Stokesiinae
  • Trichospirinae
  • Vernoniinae

Notes and References

1. F. Stångberg, P.O. Karis, A. Anderberg, 2018. Intergeneric relationships in the Gorteria clade of Arctotideae-Gorteriinae (Asteraceae), with description of a new genus, Roessleria. South African Journal of Botany, Volume 118, 2018. Pages 216-231. ISSN 0254-6299, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2018.07.018.
2. M R Gostel, Benoit Loeuille, Mariana Henriques Santana, Carol L Kelloff, Raymund Chan, Ana Rita Giraldes Simões, Isabel Larridon, Vicki A Funk, Molecular phylogenetics of Distephanus supports the recognition of a new tribe, Distephaneae (Asteraceae), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024;, boae025, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boae025