Emilia (plant)

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tasselflower
pualele
Starr 050405-5699 Emilia fosbergii.jpg
Emilia fosbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Tribe:
Senecioneae
Genus:
Emilia

Cass.
Synonyms[1]
  • Pithosillum Cass.
  • Senecio sect. Emilioidei Muschl.
  • Xyridopsis Welw. ex B.Nord.
  • Pseudactis S.Moore
  • Senecio subg. Emilia (Cass.) O.Hoffm.

Emilia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family sunflower family, known as tasselflower or pualele.[2][3][4]

The members of the genus are distributed mainly in the tropics and sub-tropics of Africa and Asia. Some species have also been placed in the genus Cacalia.[4][5]

Species[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 68 in French
  3. ^ Tropicos, Emilia Cass.
  4. ^ a b "Emilia". Flora of North America. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  5. ^ "Emilia Cass". PLANTS. United States Department of Agriculture (National Plant Data Center).

External links[]

Media related to Emilia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Emilia at Wikispecies

Further reading[]

  • Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2


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