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Emilia (genus)
Encyclopedia
Emilia is a herbaceous
plant
genus
of about 50–100 species
in the family Asteraceae
, known as tasselflower or pualele. The members of the genus are distributed mainly in the tropics
and sub-tropics.
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of about 50–100 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
, known as tasselflower or pualele. The members of the genus are distributed mainly in the tropics
Tropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...
and sub-tropics.
Species List
Species in this genus include:- Emilia coccinea
- Emilia fosbergiiEmilia fosbergiiEmilia fosbergii also known as Florida tasselflower genus of Emilia and from the family of Asteraceae....
- Emilia sonchifoliaEmilia sonchifoliaEmilia sonchifolia also known as lilac tasselflower genus of Emilia and from the family of Asteraceae....