Lepidaploa

Lepidaploa
	Lepidaploa cotoneaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Lepidaploa; (Cass.) Cass.
Type species
	Vernonia albicaulis; Vahl ex Pers.
Synonyms
	Vernonia subg. Lepidaploa Cass.; Vernonia sect. Lepidaploa (Cass.) DC.;

Lepidaploa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to tropical parts of the Western Hemisphere.

It is a relatively large genus, formerly subsumed in the genus Vernonia.

Species

156 species are accepted.

Lepidaploa acuminata (Less.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa acutiangula (Gardner) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa adamantium (Gardner) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa almasensis (D.J.N.Hind) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa alvimii (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa amambaia H.Rob.
Lepidaploa araguensis (V.M.Badillo) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa araripensis (Gardner) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa araujoa H.Rob.
Lepidaploa arborescens (L.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa arbuscula (Less.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa arenaria (Mart. ex DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa argyrotricha (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa aristosquamosa (Britton) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa aronifolia (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa aurata M.Monge & Semir
Lepidaploa aurea (Mart. ex DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa bahiana H.Rob.
Lepidaploa bakerana (Britton) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa balansae (Hieron.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa barbata (Less.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa beckii H.Rob.
Lepidaploa bolivarensis (V.M.Badillo) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa borinquensis (Urb.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa bracteospinoflava D.Marques & A.M.Teles
Lepidaploa buchtienii (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa campirupestris Antar & Loeuille
Lepidaploa canescens (Kunth) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa carachensis (V.M.Badillo) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa chalybaea (Mart. ex DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa chamissonis (Less.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa chinchipensis H.Rob.
Lepidaploa chiriquiensis (S.C.Keeley) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa chrysotricha (Alexander) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa cleocalderonae (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa commutata (Ekman) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa complicata (C.Wright ex Griseb.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa congesta M.Monge & Semir
Lepidaploa cordiifolia (Kunth) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa costanensis (V.M.Badillo) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa costata (Rusby) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa cotoneaster (Willd. ex Spreng.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa coulonioides (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa crassifolia (Rusby) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa cuiabensis (Rusby) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa danielis (Cuatrec.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa davidsmithii H.Rob.
Lepidaploa decumbens (Gardner) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa deflexa (Rusby) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa densipaniculata (Rusby) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa desiliens (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa diazlunana (B.L.Turner) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa edmundoi (G.M.Barroso) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa ehretiifolia (Benth.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa ekmanii (Urb.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa eriolepis (Gardner) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa ferreyrae (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa fieldiana (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa fournetii (H.Rob. & B.Kahn) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa frangulifolia (Kunth) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa fruticosa (L.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa glabra (Willd.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa gnaphaliifolia (A.Rich.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa gnaphalioides (Sch.Bip. ex Baker) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa gracilis (Kunth) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa grisea (Baker) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa hagei (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa harrisii (S.Moore) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa helophila (Mart. ex DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa imeriensis (V.M.Badillo) Pruski
Lepidaploa irwinii H.Rob.
Lepidaploa jenssenii (Ekman) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa juruenensis H.Rob.
Lepidaploa karstenii (Sch.Bip.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa koelzii (McVaugh) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa krukovii H.Rob.
Lepidaploa lehmannii (Hieron.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa leptoclada (Sch.Bip.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa lewisii H.Rob.
Lepidaploa lilacina (Mart. ex DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa luetzelburgii (Mattf.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa macahensis (Glaz. ex G.M.Barroso) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa mandonii (Sch.Bip. ex Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa mapirensis (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa marguana (Cuatrec.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa mucronifolia (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa muricata (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa myriocephala (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa nakajimae A.M.Teles
Lepidaploa nitens (Gardner) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa novarae (Cabrera) A.J.Vega & Dematt.
Lepidaploa obtusifolia (Less.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa opposita A.M.Teles, Sobral & J.N.Nakaj.
Lepidaploa orbicularis (Alain) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa ovata (Less.) Pruski
Lepidaploa pallescens (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa paraensis (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa pari (V.M.Badillo) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa pellita (Kunth) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa persericea (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa persicifolia (Desf.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa pineticola (Desf.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa pinheiroi (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa pluvialis (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa polypleura (S.F.Blake) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa proctorii (Urbatsch) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa pseudaurea (D.J.N.Hind) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa pseudomuricata H.Rob.
Lepidaploa psilostachya (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa purpurata (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa reedii (Ekman ex Urb.) J.L.Gómez & Bécquer
Lepidaploa reflexa (Gardner) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa remotiflora (Rich.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa retrosetosa (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa rigida (Sw.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa rimachii (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa rufogrisea (A.St.-Hil.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa sagraeana (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa salzmannii (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa sanmartinensis H.Rob.
Lepidaploa scintillans Dematt. & D.Marques
Lepidaploa sclareifolia (Sch.Bip.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa segregata (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa sericea (Rich.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa setososquamosa (Hieron.) M.B.Angulo & Dematt.
Lepidaploa silvae (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa solomonii H.Rob.
Lepidaploa sordidopapposa (Hieron.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa sororia (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa spixiana (Mart. ex DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa sprengeliana (Sch.Bip.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa stenophylla (Less.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa subsquarrosa (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa tarijensis (Griseb.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa tenella (D.L.Nash) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa tombadorensis (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa tortuosa (L.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa trilectorum (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa trinitatis (Ekman) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa tristis (Hieron.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa uniflora (Mill.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa urbaniana (Ekman ex Urb.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa urceolata Renon, D.Marques & J.N.Nakaj.
Lepidaploa valenzuelana (A.Rich.) J.L.Gómez
Lepidaploa vauthieriana (DC.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa verticillata (Proctor ex C.D.Adams) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa viminalis (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa violiceps (H.Rob.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa virentiformis (Malme) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa wrightii (Sch.Bip.) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa xiquexiquensis (D.J.N.Hind) Loeuille
Lepidaploa yunquensis (Gleason) H.Rob.
Lepidaploa yuruanensis V.M.Badillo
Lepidaploa zumbadorensis (V.M.Badillo) V.M.Badillo

References

↑ lectotype designated by Robinson, Bohlmann & King, Phytologia 46(7): 428 (1980)
↑ Tropicos, Vernonia subgen. Lepidaploa Cass.
↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2014-12-13 at archive.today
↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 66-67 in French
↑ Robinson, H. 1995. New combinations and new species in American Vernonieae. Phytologia 78:384-399
↑ Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1990. Studies in the Lepidaploa complex, (Vernonieae:Asteraceae), VII: The genus Lepidaploa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(2): 464-498.
↑ Bruce A. Bohm & Tod F. Stuessy (2001). "Flavonoids of Vernonieae and Liabeae". Flavonoids of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae). Springer. pp. 360–368. ISBN 978-3-211-83479-4.
↑ "Lepidaploa (Cass.) Cass". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2026.

[1] totype designated by Robinson, Bohlmann & King, Phytologia 46(7): 428 (1980)

[2] Tropicos, Vernonia subgen. Lepidaploa Cass.

[u-3] Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2014-12-13 at archive.today

[4] Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 66-67 in French

[5] Robinson, H. 1995. New combinations and new species in American Vernonieae. Phytologia 78:384-399

[6] Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1990. Studies in the Lepidaploa complex, (Vernonieae:Asteraceae), VII: The genus Lepidaploa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(2): 464-498.

[7] Bruce A. Bohm & Tod F. Stuessy (2001). "Flavonoids of Vernonieae and Liabeae". Flavonoids of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae). Springer. pp. 360–368. ISBN 978-3-211-83479-4.

[powo-8] "Lepidaploa (Cass.) Cass". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2026.

Taxon identifiers
Lepidaploa	Wikidata: Q1342551 Wikispecies: Lepidaploa CoL: 638WV EoL: 6258690 FNA: 118028 GBIF (old): 3099651 GRIN: 15144 iNaturalist: 186159 IPNI: 9732-1 IRMNG: 1290055 ITIS: 780108 NCBI: 434669 Open Tree of Life: 553218 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:9732-1 Tropicos: 40004198 WFO: wfo-4000021082 WoRMS: 1076367
Vernonia subg. Lepidaploa	Wikidata: Q95920635 IPNI: 317495-2 Tropicos: 2744891

Lepidaploa

Lepidaploa cotoneaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Lepidaploa (Cass.) Cass.
Type species
Vernonia albicaulis Vahl ex Pers.
Synonyms
Vernonia subg. Lepidaploa Cass. Vernonia sect. Lepidaploa (Cass.) DC.