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Asteraceae

Vernonia divergens (DC.) Edgew.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Vernonia

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Vernonia divergens: Asteraceae (daisy family) » Vernonia divergens ver-NON-ee-uh -- named for William Vernon, English botanist div-VER-jens or dy-VER-jens -- diverging (spreading)
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
Chinese
叉枝斑鳩菊, 叉枝斑鸠菊

Synonyms

  • Cacalia divergens Kuntze
  • Eupatorium acuminatum D.Don
  • Eupatorium divergens Roxb.
  • Eupatorium nepalense Spreng.
  • Eupatorium polyanthum Wall.
  • Gymnanthemum divergens (DC.) Sch.Bip.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.