Asteraceae
Emilia

Emilia juncea Robyns

First published in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 17: 104 (1943)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & E. Tropical Africa.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Erect annual herb 30–90(–120) cm tall; stems glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves sessile, oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic or almost linear, 2.4–13 cm long, 0.2–1 cm wide, base attenuate, margins subentire or minutely sinuate-dentate, apex obtuse, glabrous or almost so.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula 2 or more in lax corymbs, discoid; stalks of the individual capitula long, glabrous; involucre cylindrical, 5–7.5 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm in diameter; phyllaries 7–13, usually 8, 4.5–7 mm long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets absent; disc florets yellow or orange; corolla 5.7–8 mm long; tube glabrous; lobes 0.5–0.8 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 2.2–3.4 mm long, angular, pubescent; pappus 4–6 mm long.
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0