Asteraceae
Emilia

Emilia emilioides (Sch.Bip.) C.Jeffrey

First published in Kew Bull. 41: 918 (1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sudan to DR Congo.

Descriptions

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

Type
Sudan, Sennar, Kotschy 203 (W, holotype, not seen, K, photo).
Morphology General Habit
Erect annual herb, (20 -)40 - 90 cm high, branched at base
Morphology Leaves
Leaves mostly near the base or in the lower part of the plant, simple, oblong-narrowly ovate to narrowly ovate, 4 - 12.5 x 1 - 3.7 cm, base sagittate, margins crenate to entire; upper leaves sparse, linear- narrowly ovate, long-acuminate; glabrous or glabrescent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula discoid, 2 - 4 in open corymbose cymes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncle 1.5 - 12.5 cm long, ebracteate, glabrous; involucre 9 - 12 mm long, 4.5 - 8 mm in diameter at anthesis
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Phyllaries
Phyllaries 7 - 8, oblong, 9 - 12 x 1 - 2.5 mm, sparsely pubescent at anthesis particularly in upper half, glabrous in fruit or hairy only near the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Florets white, pinkish- white to pale mauve, 40 - 70; corolla 7 - 9 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes pale brown to black with whitish ribs, papillose on ribs to glabrous, 3.5 - 4 x 0.7 - 1 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Pappus
Pappus 5 - 9 mm long.
Distribution
Sudan.
Ecology
Grassland or cultivation on black clay soils; 400 - 850 m.
Conservation
Least concern (LC).
[KBu]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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 Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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