Two new genera, Hoffmannanthus and Jeffreycia, mostly from East Africa (Erlangeinae, Vernonieae, Asteraceae) Author Robinson, Harold Department of Botany, MRC 166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC., 20013 - 7012, USA robinsoh@si.edu Author Keeley, Sterling C. Department of Botany, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 3190 Maile aWay, # 101, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822 - 2279, USA Author Skvarla, John J. Department of Botany and Microbiology, and Oklahoma Biological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73018 - 6131, USA, deceased 2 March 2014 Author Chan, Raymund Department of Botany, MRC 166, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC., 20013 - 7012, USA text PhytoKeys 2014 2014-07-18 39 49 64 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.39.7624 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.39.7624 1314-2003-39-49 0777C824BF1C8660EA7FA516AF3DB456 576227 Jeffreycia zeylanica (L.) H. Rob., S.C. Keeley & Skvarla comb. nov. Eupatorium zeylanicum L., Sp. Pl.: 837. 1753. Vernonia zeylanica (L.) Less., Linnaea 4: 344. 1829. Gymnanthemum zeylanicum (L.) H. Rob., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 112(1): 243. 1999. Type: Herb. Hermann 4: 22 (lectotype BM000628096, selected here). The previous lectotype designation ( Grierson 1980 : 131) refers to at least three (possibly five) specimens, and this choice is narrowed here. Distribution. Sri Lanka.