- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Emilia Cass.
Emilia adamagibaensis Mesfin & Beentje

[KBu]
Tadesse, M., & Beentje, H. (2004). A Synopsis and New Species of Emilia (Compositae-Senecioneae) in Northeast Tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin, 59(3), 469-482. doi:10.2307/4110954
- Conservation
- Vulnerable (VU D2).
- Distribution
- Southern Ethiopia.
- Ecology
- Grassland or bushland with scattered trees, mostly Combretum molle, on basement complex with very thin soil; alt. + 1850 m.
- Morphology General Habit
- Short-lived perennial herb, erect, 10 - 25 cm high
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, sessile, linear- narrowly ovate, 20 - 50 x 2 - 5 mm, margins entire, revolute, apex acute-acuminate, sparsely to moderately densely pubescent especially on mid-vein and margins
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets pale pink to almost white; corolla tubular with slightly expanded limb, 6 - 7 mm long, lobes 1 - 1.6 mm long, glabrous, papillose near apex; anthers pale yellow to white, 1.4 - 1.5 mm long, connective subulate; style 6 - 7 mm long, bifurcate, apex truncate with short papillae
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
- Receptacle flat, 1.5 - 2.5 mm wide post anthesis
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes (immature) brownish, oblong or oblong- elliptic, 2 - 2.5 x 0.2 - 0.5 mm, densely pubescent; pappus 3.5 - 5 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
- Phyllaries green, 8, 4.5 - 6.5 x 0.8 - 1.2 mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulous toward apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula solitary or 2 - 3 together in cymes, discoid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
- Peduncle slender, bracteate or ebracteate, 3 - 6 cm long, glabrous; involucre 4.7 - 6.7 mm long, 3.5 - 5 mm in diameter at anthesis
- Morphology Stem
- Stem branched and woody near the base, younger parts pubescent and green, greyish-brown and glabrous in older parts
- Note
- This species comes close to Emilia micrura C. Jeffrey but differs from it in having truncate style-arm apex, sessile (not attenuate) leaf bases, and in the stems and phyllaries being sparsely to moderately densely pubescent (not glabrous). Emilia micrura is known from boggy grassland at an altitude of 450 m from SE Tanzania. In the group of NE African taxa without ray florets it stands out by the very narrow leaves coupled to the glabrous achenes.
- Type
- Ethiopia, Sidamo, Adama Giba, 10 km SW of Kibre Mengist, 1850 m, 9 Nov. 1986, Gilbert & Ermias 8423 (K, holotypus; ETH, UPS, isotypi).
Native to:
Ethiopia
Emilia adamagibaensis Mesfin & Beentje appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 1, 2001 | Gilbert, M.G. [8423], Ethiopia | K000306784 | holotype | Yes |
First published in Kew Bull. 59: 475 (2004)
Accepted by
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Kew Bulletin
- --- & Beentje, H. J. (in press). Senecioneae. In: H. J. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D. J. N. Hind, Flora of Tropical East Africa, Compositae part 3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- --- (1997). What is Emilia coccinea (Sims) G. Don (Compositae)? - A revision of the large-headed Emilia species of Africa. Kew Bull. 52: 205-212.
- Bremer, K. (1994). Asteraceae: Cladistics & Classification. Portland Press, Oregon.
- Cufodontis, G. (1967). Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (sequentia). Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 37 (3) suppl.: 1115-1193.
- Garabedian, S. (1924). A revision of Emilia. Bull. Misc. Inform., Kew 1924: 137-144.
- Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa. Notes on Compositae: IV. Kew Bull. 41: 873- 943.
- Lisowski, S. (1991). Le genre Emilia (Asteraceae, Senecioneae) en Afrique Centrale (Congo, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi). Polish Bot. Stud. 1: 67-116.
- Mesfin Tadesse (in press). Compositae. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, vol. 4, Part 2. National Herbarium, Addis Ababa.
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