Emilia violacea Cronquist

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Status: Native
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Type location:
Burundi
Notes: Listed for Zambia by Beentje, Jeffrey & Hind in FTEA Compositae part 3: 589, 2005.
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Habitat: Moist and swampy areas in grassland.
Altitude range: (metres) 950 - 1150 m
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Worldwide distribution: DRC, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia
FZ divisions: N?
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Literature:

Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 589.

Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 915.

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 64.


Other sources of information about Emilia violacea:

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Flora of Burundi: Emilia violacea

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Emilia violacea
African Plant Database: Emilia violacea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Emilia violacea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Emilia violacea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Emilia violacea
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iNaturalist: Emilia violacea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Emilia violacea
JSTOR Plant Science: Emilia violacea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Emilia violacea
Plants of the World Online: Emilia violacea
Tropicos: Emilia violacea
Wikipedia: Emilia violacea


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Emilia violacea.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=231780, retrieved 5 December 2025

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