Asteraceae
Emilia

Emilia coccinea (Sims) G.Don

First published in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 382 (1839)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Kazan-retto, Leeward Is., Madeira, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Society Is., Suriname, Taiwan, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Emilia fosbergii.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 3, 382 (1839).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 224, t. 94 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: fig. 424 (1987).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 41: 913 (1986).
  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bulletin 52: 209 (1997).
  • C. Jeffrey, Fl. Masc. 109: 160 (1993)
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 28 (1956).
  • G.Don in Sw., Hort. Bot. ed. 3: 382 (1839).
  • Oliv. & Hiern, Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 407 (1877).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2007 Tchiengue, B. [2634] Cameroon K000518604 Yes
Jul 1, 2005 Etuge, M. [5267] Cameroon K000199827 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Pollard, B.J. [433] Cameroon K000746671 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7074] Cameroon K000108655 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Ryan, P. [377] Cameroon K000108652 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9021] Cameroon K000108656 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2070] Cameroon K000108653 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cable, S. [2762] Cameroon K000108651 No
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4089] Cameroon K000108657 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [1541] Cameroon K000108654 Yes
Feb 1, 1977 Guilding, L. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K002622240 Yes
Aug 1, 1975 K001790402 No
Jenman [7898] Guyana K001766248 Yes
[90] Brazil K001766251 Yes
Cheek, M.; Elad; Ndumbe, P. [3548] Cameroon K000875475 Yes
Datizua, C.; Banze, A.; Osborne, J.; Mamba, A.; Mucaleque, P.; Rachide, T.; Maoji, S.O. (guia); Saide, R.O. (guia) [CD65] Mozambique K001346747 No
Cheek, M.; Kenfack; Gosline [8313] Cameroon K001518285 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [10] Tanzania K:SPC-04751.000 No
Wild, H. [30487] Zimbabwe K:SPC-00957.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [1542] Cameroon K:SPC-00956.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [1572] Cameroon K:SPC-24880.000 No
Etuge, M.; Thomas, D., W. [375] Cameroon K000662177 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [25507] Nigeria K:SPC-08660.000 No
Jan 1, 2001 Speke; Grant [464] Emilia caespitosa K000306777 Type Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17887] Tanzania Emilia caespitosa K001639092 No
Rwaburindore, P.K. [4082] Uganda Emilia caespitosa K000612961 Yes
Macaulay [659] Zambia Emilia caespitosa K000306805 Type Yes
Lebrun, J. [9790] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Emilia caespitosa K000306792 Type Yes
Mwangoka, M.A.; Elnest, B. [3197] Tanzania Emilia caespitosa K000612932 Yes
Lebrun, J. [8550] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Emilia caespitosa K000306793 Type Yes
Lebrun, J. [8550] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Emilia caespitosa K000306794 Type Yes

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