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Emilia (plant)

tasselflower
pualele
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Emilia fosbergii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Emilia
Cass.
Synonyms
  • 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.

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.



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