Emilia caespitosa Oliv.

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Synonyms: Emilia humbertii Robyns
Emilia macaulayae Garab.
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Status: Native
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Type location:
Tanzania
Notes: Listed for Zambia by Beentje, Jeffrey & Hind in FTEA Compositae part 3: 580, 2005 and phiri in SABONET 32: 30, 2005.
This species was formerly included under Emilia coccinia sensu lato.
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Habitat: Grassland, woodland, and abandoned cultivated fields.
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces): C
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Literature:

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 581 - 582.

Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 913.

Jeffrey, C. (1997). What Is Emilia coccinea (Sims) G. Don (Compositae)? A Revision of the Large-Headed Emilia Species of Africa Kew Bulletin 52(1) Page 210.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 30.

Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Emilia caespitosa.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=212550, retrieved 9 December 2024

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