Orbivestus H.Rob.

Robinson, H. (1999) Revisions in paleotropical Vernonieae (Asteraceae) Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112(1) 220-247

Robinson, H. (2009) Additions to the Genus ORBIVESTUS H. Rob. (ASTERACEAE: VERNONIEAE) and neotypification of Vernonia teitensis O. Hoffm. Phytologia 91(3) 483-493

Description of the genus

Worldwide: 13 species throughout tropical Africa and northern South Africa. Also in the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan and India.

Zambia: 3 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
catumbensis (Hiern) H.Rob.W
karaguensis (Oliv. & Hiern) H.Rob.N,WDescription, Image
undulatus (Oliv. & Hiern) H.Rob.WDescription

Other sources of information about Orbivestus:

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Flora of Botswana: Orbivestus
Flora of Burundi: Orbivestus
Flora of the DRC: Orbivestus
Flora of Malawi: Orbivestus
Flora of Mozambique: Orbivestus
Flora of Rwanda: Orbivestus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Orbivestus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Orbivestus
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JSTOR Plant Science: Orbivestus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Orbivestus
Plants of the World Online: Orbivestus
Tropicos: Orbivestus
Wikipedia: Orbivestus

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-26

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2026). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Orbivestus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2902, retrieved 14 August 2026

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