Vickianthus

Vickianthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Vernonieae
Genus:
H.Rob.

Vickianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes ten species native to Mexico.[1]

The species now included in Vickianthus were formerly placed in the genera Vernonia and Vernonanthura. In 2023 Harold E. Robinson et al. organized them into a new genus based in a comprehensive phylogenetic study of the tribe Vernonieae. The genus is named after the botanist, curator, and plant collector Vicki Funk (1947–2019).[2]

Species

Ten species are accepted.[1]

  • Vickianthus alamanii (DC.) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus bealliae (McVaugh) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus cronquistii (S.B.Jones) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus hintoniorum (B.L.Turner) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus inuloides (DC.) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus karvinskianus (DC.) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus liatroides (DC.) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus oaxacanus (Sch.Bip. ex Klatt) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus serratuloides (Kunth) H.Rob.
  • Vickianthus vernonioides (A.Gray) H.Rob.

References

  1. ^ a b "Vickianthus H.Rob". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ^ Robinson†, H., Funk†, V. A., Kelloff, C. L., & Chan, R. (2023). Vickianthus, a new genus of the Vernonieae (Compositae) from Mexico. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 17(1), 139–149. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v17.i1.1291
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