Emilia (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image_caption = Emilia fosbergii

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|taxon = Emilia

|authority = Cass.

|synonyms_ref = [https://archive.today/20141120212643/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=8fc3abc7-5d01-4698-ba43-e6bc7303cef8 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

|synonyms =

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

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Emilia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family sunflower family, known as tasselflower or pualele.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4439547#page/70/mode/1up Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 68] in French[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002698 Tropicos, Emilia Cass.]{{Cite web | title = Emilia | work = Flora of North America | accessdate = 2008-01-26 | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=111550 }}

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.{{Cite web | url = http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EMILI | title = Emilia Cass. | work = PLANTS | publisher = United States Department of Agriculture (National Plant Data Center)}}

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of 2022:{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329398-2 |title=Emilia Cass. |date=2022 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=2 December 2022}}

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Further reading

  • {{Cite book |last1=Everitt |first1=J.H. |last2=Lonard |first2=R.L. |last3=Little |first3=C.R. |title=Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico |publisher=Texas Tech University Press |location=Lubbock |year=2007}} {{ISBN|0-89672-614-2}}

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Category:Senecioneae

Category:Asteraceae genera

Category:Taxa named by Henri Cassini

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