| Name | Vernonia melleri Oliver & Hiern |
| Authorship | Oliver & Hiern |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Vernonia Schreber |
| Citation | 1877 Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.]. 3: 282 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Vernonia melleri Oliver & Hiern |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |