Asteraceae
Emilia

Emilia fosbergii Nicolson

First published in Phytologia 32: 34 (1975)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Fiji, Hawaii, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Society Is., Taiwan, Tuamotu

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • Nicolson, Phytologia 32: 34 (1975).

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

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

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
  • 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/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2023 Correia/Scatena [05] Brazil K000217964 No
May 1, 2023 Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K000217965 No
Apr 1, 2013 s.coll. [7966] Brazil K000924262 Yes
Jul 1, 2012 Burchell, W.J. [9544] Brazil K000955781 Yes
Nov 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Bautista, H.P.; daSilva, M.M. [PCD4123] Brazil K000053845 Yes
Oct 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Funch, L. [PCD3792] Brazil K000053842 Yes
Sep 1, 1996 Sales de Melo, M.R.C.; Carvalho, M.T.; Sobrinha, V. [180] Brazil K000054502 No
Sep 1, 1996 Sales de Melo, M.R.C.; Melo, G.; Faria, J.M. [200] Brazil K000054500 No
Sep 1, 1996 Silva, L.F.; Lira, S.S.; Villarouco, F.M.O.; Rodrigues, E.; Oliveira, M. [57] Brazil K000054501 No
Jun 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Bautista, H.P.; Smith, S.; Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M. [PCD3241] Brazil K000053844 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.; Funch, L.; Bautista, H.P. [PCD3104] Brazil K000053843 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Guedes, M.L.; Hind, D.J.N. [11] Brazil K000053846 Yes
Mar 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50001] Brazil K000053847 Yes
Mar 1, 1993 Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50001] Brazil K000053848 Yes
Jun 8, 1977 Curtiss, A.H. [6] Bahamas, The K000527708 Type Yes
Jun 2, 1977 Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [1652] Brazil K000924267 Yes
Jun 2, 1977 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [2572] Brazil K000924268 Yes
Jun 2, 1977 Krukoff, B.A. [6066] Brazil K000924263 Yes
Jun 2, 1977 Philcox, D. [3981] Brazil K000924266 Yes
Jun 2, 1977 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [10048] Brazil K000924265 Yes
Jun 2, 1977 Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [5431] Brazil K000924261 Yes
Jun 2, 1977 Philcox, D.; Bertoldo, J. [4003] Brazil K000924264 Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Funch, L. [3792] Brazil K:SPC-63545.000 No
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; deCarvalho, A.M.; Hage, J.L.; Brito, H.S. [21626] Brazil K000053849 No
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; deCarvalho, A.M.; SoaresNunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L.; dosSantos, E.B. [22445] Brazil K000053850 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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