Emilia sonchifolia

TaxID: 415160

Basic Information

Emilia sonchifolia

Consumption Weed

Emilia sonchifolia, also known as lilac tasselflower or cupid's shaving brush, is a tropical flowering species of tasselflower in the sunflower family. It is a branching, annual herb up to 40 cm (15+1?2 in) tall. The leaves are lyrate-pinnatilobed, up to 10 cm (4 in) long, sometimes becoming purplish as they get old. One plant can produce several pink or purplish flower heads. It is widespread in tropical regions around the world. Though hepatotoxic, the leaves and young shoots can be eaten as vegetables.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Asterales

Asteraceae

Emilia

sonchifolia

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Emilia sonchifolia
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(c) Robert Simons@BY-NC
Emilia sonchifolia
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(c) Tatiana Velasquez@BY-NC
Emilia sonchifolia
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(c) Philip Thomas@BY-NC
Emilia sonchifolia
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(c) portioid@BY
Emilia sonchifolia
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(c) Julián Darío Ríos@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Present —
Uruguay Absent —

Distribution (82 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Australia Present —
Benin Present —
Burkina Faso Present —
Bahamas Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (19 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
ITSAJ4363-14 - ITS2 223 - - -
ITSAJ4362-14 - ITS2 223 - - -
ITSAJ4361-14 - ITS2 223 - - -
GENG600-14 - rbcL 565 India 2013-11-02 24.39373, 72.52897
GBVU4279-13 - rbcL 1374 Nepal 2004-11-28 28.30092, 84.13389
GBVN4572-11 - rbcL 703 - - -
GBVN4571-11 - matK 843 - - -
GBVN4570-11 - rbcL 703 - - -
GBVN4569-11 - matK 843 - - -
GBVN4568-11 - rbcL 703 - - -
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Literature