| Name | Vernonia westiniana Lessing |
| Authorship | Lessing |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Vernonia Schreber |
| Citation | 1831 Linnaea 6: 650 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Vernonia westiniana Lessing |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |