Tasselflower

Herbs. Leaves alternate, sometimes radical. Capitula pedunculate, in loose cymes or solitary, homogamous, discoid or radiate. Calyculus 0. Phyllaries in 1 series. Receptacle without scales. Flowers bisexual. Style branches with an acute appendage. Pappus of copious fine white soft setae.

Emilia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family sunflower family, known as tasselflower or pualele.

The members of the genus are distributed mainly in the tropics and sub-tropics of Africa and Asia. Some species have also been placed in the genus Cacalia.

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of 2022:

Emilia abyssinica (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) C.Jeffrey Emilia adamagibaensis Mesfin & Beentje Emilia adscendens DC. Emilia alstonii Fosberg Emilia arvensis Mesfin & Beentje Emilia aurita C.Jeffrey Emilia baberka (Hutch.) C.Jeffrey Emilia baldwinii Fosberg Emilia bampsiana Lisowski Emilia basifolia Baker Emilia bathiei Humbert Emilia baumii S.Moore Emilia bellioides (Chiov.) C.Jeffrey Emilia bianoensis Lisowski Emilia biensis (Torre) Mapaya & Cron Emilia blittersdorffii Beentje Emilia brachycephala (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey Emilia capillaris Humbert Emilia cenioides C.Jeffrey Emilia charlesii Kottaim. Emilia chiovendeana (Muschl.) Lisowski Emilia citrina DC. Emilia coccinea (Sims) G.Don Emilia coloniaria (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey Emilia crepidioides Garab. Emilia crispata C.Jeffrey Emilia cryptantha C.Jeffrey Emilia debilis S.Moore Emilia decaryi Humbert Emilia decipiens C.Jeffrey Emilia discifolia (Oliv.) C.Jeffrey Emilia djalonensis Lisowski Emilia drummondii (Torre) Mapaya & Cron Emilia duvigneaudii Lisowski Emilia emilioides (Sch.Bip.) C.Jeffrey Emilia epapposa (Lisowski) Mapaya & Cron Emilia everettii (Hemsl.) Steenis Emilia exigua (S.Moore) Mapaya & Cron Emilia exserta Fosberg Emilia fallax (Mattf.) C.Jeffrey Emilia flaccida Miq. Emilia fosbergii Nicolson Emilia fugax C.Jeffrey Emilia gaudichaudii Gagnep. Emilia gossweileri (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey Emilia graminea DC. Emilia helianthella C.Jeffrey Emilia herbacea Mesfin & Beentje Emilia hiernii C.Jeffrey Emilia hockii (De Wild. & Muschl.) C.Jeffrey Emilia homblei (De Wild.) C.Jeffrey Emilia humifusa DC. Emilia infralignosa Humbert Emilia integrifolia Baker Emilia irregularibracteata (De Wild.) C.Jeffrey Emilia javanica (Burm.f.) C.B.Rob. Emilia jeffreyana Lisowski Emilia juncea Robyns Emilia kasaiensis Lisowski Emilia khaopawtaensis H.Koyama Emilia kilwensis C.Jeffrey Emilia kivuensis (Muschl.) C.Jeffrey Emilia × latens J.Y.Wang & J.C.Wang Emilia lejolyana Lisowski Emilia leptocephala (Mattf.) C.Jeffrey Emilia leucantha C.Jeffrey Emilia libeniana Lisowski Emilia limosa (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey Emilia lisowskiana C.Jeffrey Emilia longifolia C.Jeffrey Emilia longipes C.Jeffrey Emilia longiramea (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey Emilia lopollensis (Hiern) C.Jeffrey Emilia lubumbashiensis Lisowski Emilia luwiikae (D.J.N.Hind & Frisby) Mapaya & Cron Emilia lyrata (Cass.) C.Jeffrey Emilia malaisseana Lisowski Emilia marlothiana (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey Emilia mbagoi Beentje & Mesfin Emilia micrura C.Jeffrey Emilia moutsamboteana Lisowski Emilia myriocephala C.Jeffrey Emilia negellensis Mesfin & Beentje Emilia palhinhana (Torre) Mapaya & Cron Emilia pammicrocephala (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey Emilia papuana Mattf. Emilia parnassiifolia S.Moore Emilia perrieri Humbert Emilia petitiana Lisowski Emilia pinnatifida Merr. Emilia praetermissa Milne-Redh. Emilia prenanthoidea DC. Emilia protracta S.Moore Emilia pseudactis C.Jeffrey Emilia pumila DC. Emilia ramulosa Gamble Emilia reddyi Satish & J.Prak.Rao Emilia rehmanniana Lisowski Emilia rigida C.Jeffrey Emilia robynsiana Lisowski Emilia scabra DC. Emilia schinzii (O.Hoffm.) Cron Emilia schmitzii Lisowski Emilia serpentina Mesfin & Beentje Emilia serrata Humbert Emilia shabensis Lisowski Emilia simulans C.Jeffrey Emilia somalensis (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. Emilia speeseae Fosberg Emilia subscaposa Lisowski Emilia tenellula (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey Emilia tenera (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey Emilia tenuicaulis (C.D.Adams) Mapaya & Cron Emilia tenuipes C.Jeffrey Emilia tenuis C.Jeffrey Emilia tessmannii (Mattf.) C.Jeffrey Emilia transvaalensis (Bolus) C.Jeffrey Emilia tricholepis C.Jeffrey Emilia ukambensis (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey Emilia ukingensis (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey Emilia vanmeelii Lawalrée Emilia violacea Cronquist Emilia zairensis Lisowski Emilia zambiensis (Torre) Mapaya & Cron Emilia zeylanica C.B.Clarke