斑鸠菊属(学名:Vernonia)也称铁鸠菊属,为菊科的一個植物種屬,包含超過1000種草本植物及灌木,分布於南北美洲、非洲及東南亞。部份品種可食用,亦可入藥,而且具經濟價值。花色大多數為紫藍色。
属名Vernonia为纪念17世纪英国旅行家及植物学家William Vernon而命名。
夜香牛及某種花蘆蜂,攝於印度安得拉邦兰加雷迪县Ananthagiri Hills。
Psyche (Leptosia nina) on a Ash Fleabane or Little ironweed (Vernonia cinerea),攝於印度西孟加拉邦的加爾各答。
斑鳩菊屬的品種遍布於南北美洲、非洲及東南亞,而且。因為經常與同屬的相近品種雜交而聞名。現時斑鳩菊屬已知的品種多達一千種,以下列出部份比較知名的品種:
- Vernonia acaulis
- Vernonia arkansana
- Vernonia angustifolia
- Vernonia baldwinii
- Vernonia blodgettii
- Vernonia fasciculata
- Vernonia flaccidifolia
- Vernonia gigantea
- Vernonia glauca
- Vernonia larseniae
- Vernonia lettermannii
- Vernonia lindheimeri
- Vernonia marginata
- Vernonia missurica
- Vernonia noveboracensis
- Vernonia pulchella
- Vernonia texana
- Vernonia amygdalina:扁桃斑鳩菊,又稱桃葉斑鳩菊,俗稱「南非葉」[1]。
- Vernonia bamendae
- Vernonia calvoana
- Vernonia colorata
- Vernonia galamensis
- Vernonia staehelinoides
- 夜香牛 Vernonia cinerea
- Vernonia cockburniana
- Vernonia unicata
- Vernonia zollingerianoides
- Vernonia nonoensis
- Vernonia patens
-
Vernonia cinerea in
Talakona forest, in
Chittoor District of
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
-
Vernonia cinerea in
Talakona forest, in
Chittoor District of
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
-
Vernonia cinerea in
Talakona forest, in
Chittoor District of
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
-
Vernonia cinerea at
Ananthagiri Hills, in
Rangareddy district of
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
-
Vernonia cinerea at
Ananthagiri Hills, in
Rangareddy district of
Andhra Pradesh,
India.