| Name | Vernonia octantha Schultz Bipontinus ex Baker |
| Authorship | Schultz Bipontinus ex Baker |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Vernonia Schreber |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:264332-2 |
| Citation | 1873 Fl. Bras. [Martius] 6(2): 87 |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Vernonia octantha Schultz Bipontinus ex Baker |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1), 1981 (1), 2008 (1) |