Gutenbergia

Gutenbergia Schultz-Bip.

Gutenbergia is a genus with ca. 25 species from tropical Africa (Mabberley 2008). It is closely related to Vernonia Schreber. A single species, Gutenbergia rueppellii has been recorded as an alien in Belgium.

Literature:


Beentje H.J. (2000) Compositae (part 1). In: Beentje H.J. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands: 313 pp.

Jeffrey C. (1988) The Vernonieae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: V. Kew Bull. 43(2): 195-277.

Kalanda K. & Lisowski S. (1995) Le Genre Vernonia (Asteraceae) dans la Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 40(2): 547-717.

Lisowski S. (1989) Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre – Rwanda – Burundi): Compositae (Deuxième partie: tribu Inuleae). [available online at: http://www.br.fgov.be/RESEARCH/DATABASES/FOCA/genusdetails.php?name=Gutenbergia]

Mabberley D.J. (2008) Mabberley’s plant-book (3th ed.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: XVIII + 1021 p.

Wechuysen R. (1981) Notes sur les Vernonieae (Asteraceae) africaines. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nation. Belg. 51(1/2): 105-118.

Wild H. & Pope G.V. (1977) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 7. Vernonieae (excluding Vernonia). Kirkia 10(2): 339-384.

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