Asteraceae
Tagetes

Tagetes minuta L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 887 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil to S. South America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Paraguay, Uruguay

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Assam, Baleares, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Colombia, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Madeira, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Queensland, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Vanuatu, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Berry, M. (2021). Adventives and aliens news 23. BSBI News 147: 40-47.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Berry, M. (2021). Adventives and aliens news 23. BSBI News 147: 40-47.
  • Delipavlov, D. & Cheshmedzhiev, I. (eds.) (2011). Opredelitel na rasteniiata v Bulgariia: 1-590. Akad. Isd. Agrar. Univers. Plovdiv.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

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
  • Cámara-Leret, R., & Dennehy, Z. (2019). Information gaps in indigenous and local knowledge for science-policy assessments. Nature Sustainability 2:736-741.
  • 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/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 218 (1994).
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: pl. 233 (1987).
  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 224 (1993).
  • E. Lind & A. Tallantire, Some Common Flowering Plants of Uganda p. 176 (1962).
  • G.V. Pope in Kirkia 10: 115, t. 4a (1975).
  • L., Sp. Pl.: 887 (1753).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 642, fig. 199/3 (1985).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2001 Queiroz, L.P.; Correia, C.; Oliveira, R.P.; daSilva, M.M. [5483] Brazil K000053077 Yes
Sep 1, 2001 Queiroz, L.P.; Correia, C.; Oliveira, R.P.; daSilva, M.M. [5443] Brazil K000053087 Yes
Jul 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M.; Smith, S. [PCD3339] Brazil K000053772 Yes
Jun 1, 1996 Hind, D.J.N.; Harley, R.M.; Bautista, H.P.; Smith, S.; Giulietti, A.M. [PCD3236] Brazil K000053773 Yes
Mar 1, 1993 Sant'Ana, S.C.; dosSantos, T.S. [224] Brazil K000053770 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 s.coll. [s.n.] K001103978 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Sellow, F. [s.n.] K001103977 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 s.coll. [s.n.] K001103975 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Sucre, D.; Braga, P.I.S. [2643] Brazil K001103922 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Gardner, G. [505] Brazil K000895330 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Gardner, G. [505] Brazil K000895328 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Burchell, W.J. [4713] Brazil K000955759 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 s.coll. [412] Brazil K000895329 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simpson, N.D. [3559] Egypt K003137015 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [7849] Zimbabwe K002488274 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1375] Kenya K002488243 Yes
Radcliffe-Smith, A.; Henchie, S.J. [4935] Yemen K003137022 Yes
Rambo, B. [47122] Brazil K001103924 Yes
Salubeni, A.J.; Tawakali, E.J. [5271] Malawi K002488250 Yes
Glaziou, A. [21597] Brazil K001103982 Yes
Brass, L.J. [30647] Papua New Guinea K003137100 Yes
Sinclair, I.W.J.; Long, D.G. [5587] Bhutan K003137073 Yes
Longman, H.A. [s.n.] Australia K003137113 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19828] Brazil K000053769 Yes
Bezuidenhout, B. [241] Zimbabwe K002488271 Yes
Rambo, B. [41349] Brazil K001103926 Yes
Pereira, E. [5737] Brazil K001103981 Yes
Camerik, A.M. [100] Botswana K002488288 Yes
Chancellor, R.T. [179] Uganda K002488195 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] New Zealand K003137121 Yes
Collenette, I.S. [2949] Saudi Arabia K003137019 Yes
Mshana, H. [38] Tanzania K002488301 No
Martin, J.D. [729] Zambia K002488263 Yes
Thomson, E. [183] Australia K003137114 Yes
Block, D.; Stieperaere; Bytebier, B. [213] Kenya K002488197 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [21242] Zimbabwe K002488278 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2382] Australia K003137111 Yes
Halliday, T.A. [493] Australia K003137118 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1958] Botswana K002488287 Yes
Ratter, J.A.; Argent, G.C.G.; Gibbs, P.E. [R4891] Brazil K001103928 Yes
s.coll. [251] Zambia K002488265 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [9039] Kenya K002488210 Yes
Neill, D.; Asanza, M. [10746] Ecuador K001479949 Yes
Patel, H. [7395] Mozambique K000613657 No
Balira, D.K.H. [s.n.] Tanzania K002488318 Yes
G. [Milu] [8] K002488306 Yes
da Silva, M. [2694] Angola K002488292 Yes
Officer, A. [H 80/50] Tanzania K002488229 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM629] Zambia K002488264 Yes
Dusén, P. [7963] Brazil K001103920 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [172] Kenya K002488244 Yes
Hadidi, N.E.; Khattab, A. [s.n.] Egypt K003137016 Yes
Muller, F. [s.n.] Australia K003137109 Yes
Archbold, N.E. [328] Tanzania K002488224 Yes
Salubeni, A.J.; Nachamba, W. [4757] Malawi K002488249 Yes
Hume, A.O. [5] Kenya K002488237 Yes
s.coll. [63] Zimbabwe K002488283 Yes
Robison, T. [5555] Tanzania K002488216 Yes
Riedel [545] Brazil K001103923 Yes
Raynal, J. [19068] Tanzania K002488221 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [210] Zimbabwe K002488273 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; undefined [1716] Malawi K002488254 Yes
Hancock, A.D. (Miss) [2] Kenya K002488241 Yes
King, A.E. [314] Zambia K002488261 Yes
Burger, W. [1327] Ethiopia K002488178 Yes
Miller, S. [22] Kenya K002488231 Yes
Tweedie [1135] Kenya K002488200 Yes
Nyaki [53] Tanzania K002488311 Yes
Ash [117] Ethiopia K:SPC-10094.001 No
Koritzschoner, H. [965] Tanzania K002488307 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1493] Zambia K002488266 Yes
Balsinhas, A. [502] Mozambique K002488247 Yes
Robison, T. [3847] Tanzania K002488230 Yes
Bogdan, A. [3006] Kenya K002488235 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, R. [10768] Tanzania K002488313 Yes
Perdue, R.E. [6302] Ethiopia K002488174 Yes
Purchon, V.; Belachew, G. [57] Ethiopia K002488176 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Luxembourg K003137034 Yes
Simon, G.; Mlangwa, J.; Kindeketa, W.; Mollel, M.; Kamitses, A. [499] Tanzania K002488218 Yes
Astle, W.L. [1384] Zambia K002488267 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2101] Tanzania K002488305 Yes
Miller, S.E. [22] Kenya K001636503 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2153] Botswana K001612912 Yes
[E. J. Lugart] [132] Kenya K002488211 Yes
Wesche, K. [359] Kenya K002488233 Yes
Huxley, P. [176] Tanzania K002488226 Yes
Morrison, A. [5569] Australia K003137107 Yes
Worride Wood, J.R. [S/73/59] Somalia K002488183 Yes
Sukhorukov, A. [s.n.] Nepal K003137074 Yes
Hodgkins, S. [s.n.] New Zealand K003137122 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001103927 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [3473] Australia K003137108 Yes
Tiyoy, L.M. [s.n.] Uganda K002488192 Yes
Barbosa, G.; Moreno, F. [10299] Angola K002488291 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [2334] Tanzania K002488310 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8153] Kenya K002488239 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [8773] Malawi K002488253 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; SoaresNunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22785] Brazil K000053771 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [2729] Australia K003137110 Yes
Geilinger [480] Tanzania K002488309 Yes
Glaziou, A. [14000] Brazil K001103921 Yes
Benson, F.M. [303] Malawi K002488255 Yes
Robison, T. [4659] Tanzania K002488215 Yes
Myres, R.J. [369] Zimbabwe K002488286 Yes
Gilliland, H.B. [K1436] Zimbabwe K002488279 Yes
Reke [s.n.] Zimbabwe K002488269 Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Cabo Verde K001739945 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Haas, J.H. [5229] Brazil K001103919 Yes
Mtali [36] Tanzania K002488303 Yes
Flenley, J.R. [ANU 2711] Papua New Guinea K003137102 Yes
Festo, L.; Bayona, W.; Wilbard, W.; Charles, L.M. [1342] Tanzania K002488212 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [18004] Brazil K001103983 Yes
Hubbert, S.W.G. [2061] Tanzania K002488314 Yes
Mshigeni, K. [KEM 1013] Tanzania K002488302 Yes
Mlangwa, J.A.; Msangi, H.A. [1647] Tanzania K002488299 Yes
Borle, J. [[163]] Zimbabwe K002488280 Yes
Kayombo, C. [599] Tanzania K002488321 Yes
Coxe, I. [46] Zambia K002488257 Yes
Parker, C. [E108] Ethiopia K002488179 Yes
Perdue, R.E. [6341] Ethiopia K002488175 Yes
Hassler, E. [12618] Paraguay K002488627 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Gilbert, S.B. [1076] Ethiopia K002488180 Yes
Peter, G.A. [30675] Zimbabwe K002488276 Yes
Lewis, W.H. [5810] Ethiopia K002488177 Yes
Senderayi, E. [4] Zimbabwe K002488270 Yes
Sinclair, I.W.J.; Long, D.G. [5716] Bhutan K003137075 Yes
Zunguze, D.; Boane, C.; Dungo, J. [563] Mozambique K002488246 Yes
s.coll. [NAMRU8] Ethiopia K002488181 Yes
H.G.M. [2626] Zimbabwe K002488281 Yes
Badcock, W.J. [230] Bolivia K002488628 No
Fanshawe, D.B. [F1029] Zambia K002488260 Yes
Barbosa, G.; Moreno, F. [9898] Angola K002488290 Yes
Boog [s.n.] Brazil K001103979 Yes
Rodway, F.A. [424] Australia K003137112 Yes
Mexia, Y. [4769] Brazil K001103980 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Vera, M. [47132] Paraguay K002488626 Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] Cabo Verde K001739946 Yes
Yalala, A.M. [110] Botswana K002488289 Yes
Mlangwa, J.A.; Shauri, E.; Mchome, E. [1496] Tanzania K002488300 Yes
Rodway, F.A. [2711] Australia K003137115 Yes
Shabani, S. [348] Tanzania K002488304 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10047] Tanzania K002488317 Yes
Hedberg, O. [6] Kenya K002488207 Yes
Craster, O. [144] Zimbabwe K002488282 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B 8071] Kenya K002488236 Yes
s.coll. [195] Zimbabwe K002488284 Yes
Carr, C.E. [15935] Papua New Guinea K003137101 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B4963] Kenya K002488208 Yes
Widgren [249] Brazil K001103984 Yes
Hammond, M.M. [125] Tanzania K002488312 Yes
[Hg Hauasan] [3015] Zimbabwe K002488285 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [5429] Tanzania K002488217 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11377] Tanzania K002488225 Yes
Gaeton [144] Tanzania K002488316 Yes
Souza, E.R. [236] Brazil K001103965 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [875] Tanzania K002488227 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Mathew, K.T. [51199] India K003137076 Yes
s.coll. [412] Brazil K001103963 Yes
Smith, S.A.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Muasya, A.M. [109] Kenya K002488232 Yes
T. [Jarreii] [202] Uganda K002488194 Yes
Heringer, E.P. [15811] Brazil K001103974 Yes
Frame, G.W. [89] Tanzania K002488222 No
Festo, L.; Bayona, W. [502] Tanzania K002488213 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Guerrero, L. [47061] Paraguay K002488625 Yes
Batianoff, G.N.; Dilewaard, H.A. [920702] Australia K003137120 Yes
Chancellor, R.J. [179] Uganda K:SPC-08668.000 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B1009] Kenya K002488199 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB5575] Kenya K002488209 Yes
Richter, E. [s.n.] Brazil K001103925 Yes
Angus, A. [1529] Zambia K002488256 Yes
Hornby, A.J. [1040] Mozambique K002488248 Yes
Thulin, M. [10749] Somalia K002488184 Yes
Kwatha, R.B.; Tawakali, E.J. [236] Malawi K002488251 Yes
Noak, J.L. (Mrs) [112] Zambia K002488258 Yes
Wasum, R. [1074] Brazil K001103976 Yes
Simon, G.; Loi, I. [910] Tanzania K002488219 Yes
Smith, L.S. [3037] Australia K003137116 Yes
Faden, R.B. [67481] Kenya K002488240 No
Norrgrann, G. [12] Zimbabwe K002488272 No
Lovett, J. [1593] Tanzania K002488319 Yes
Wright, J.M. [3] Tanzania K002488223 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5920] Zimbabwe K002488275 Yes
Souza, E.R. [236] Brazil K001031911 Yes
[D. Cugrdeu] [302] Uganda K002488193 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [334] Lebanon K003137018 Yes
s.coll. [561] K001103962 Yes
Williams, G.R. [292] Kenya K002488201 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2721] Tanzania K002488228 Yes
[C. Cheseny] [104] Kenya K002488245 Yes
Leisner, R.S.; Ahles, H.E. [20850] United States K002488370 Yes
Geilinger [1522] Tanzania K002488308 Yes
Pedley, L. [4563] Australia K003137119 Yes
s.coll. [JMG 93106] Tanzania K002488220 Yes
Polunin, O. [11589] Ethiopia K002488182 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [6127] Kenya K002488198 Yes
Richards [991] Zambia K002488262 Yes
Kornas, J. [1355] Zambia K002488268 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [909] Zambia K002488259 Yes
McDonald, J. [906] Kenya K002488242 Yes
Pedley, L. [625] Australia K003137117 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [2094] Tanzania K002488315 Yes
Lovett, J.; Lovett, J.; Congdon, C.; Bidgood, G.S. [754] Tanzania K002488320 Yes
Hale, M. [42] Kenya K002488234 Yes
Robison, T. [5086] Tanzania K002488214 Yes
D'Arcy, W.G. [7498] Kenya K002488238 Yes
Pawek, J. [9736] Malawi K002488252 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [21242] Zimbabwe K002488277 Yes
Hemming, C.F. [2240] Somalia K002488185 Yes
Ecuador K001479950 Yes
Bolivia (Santa Cruz) K001479951 Yes
Bolivia (Tarija) K001479952 Yes
Bolivia (Tarija) K001479953 Yes
Bolivia (Tarija) K001479954 Yes
Peru K001479955 Yes
Balansa, B. [912] Paraguay Tagetes glandulifera K002488624 Yes
Morong, T. [671] Paraguay Tagetes glandulifera K002488623 Yes

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