Asteraceae
Tithonia

Tithonia rotundifolia (Mill.) S.F.Blake

First published in Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 41 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and as a medicine and invertebrate food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Introduced into:

Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Germany, Haiti, India, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, South European Russia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

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.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 218 (1991).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 628 (1985).
  • S.F.Blake in Contrib. Gray Herb., n.s. 52: 41 (1917).
  • Wild in Kirkia 6: 55 (1967).

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
  • 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.
  • 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/
  • Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ulian, T., Sacandé, M., Hudson, A., & Mattana, E. (2017). Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU–Useful Plants Project. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60:668-683.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2008 K000373021 Isotype Yes
Jun 25, 1980 K000487735 Holotype Yes
Deighton, F.C. [3738] Sierra Leone K003131154 Yes
Warren, E. [s.n.] South Africa K003131257 Yes
Ram, M. [s.n.] South Africa K003131266 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F958] Zambia K003131224 Yes
Warren, E. [s.n.] South Africa K003131265 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [1043] Zimbabwe K003131226 Yes
Parham [s.n.] Fiji K003131145 Yes
Wright, J.M. [241] Malawi K003131233 Yes
Stalmans, M. [431] South Africa K003131256 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2127] Botswana K001612941 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2133] Botswana K001612905 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [9253] Madagascar K003131234 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [1259] Zambia K003131222 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8684] South Africa K003131259 Yes
Meeuse, A.D.J. [10651] South Africa K003131262 Yes
Smith, P.A. [777] Botswana K003131220 Yes
Lusaka Natural History Club [243] Zambia K003131221 Yes
Warren, E. [s.n.] South Africa K003131260 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Polhill, R.M.; Banda, E.A. [16062] Malawi K003131232 Yes
Warren, E. [s.n.] South Africa K003131264 Yes
Chase, N.C. [3734] Zimbabwe K003131230 Yes
Pruski, J. [3993] United States K003131272 Yes
Warren, E. [s.n.] South Africa K003131261 Yes
Gonde, P. [321] Zimbabwe K003131227 Yes
Warren, E. [s.n.] South Africa K003131258 Yes
Warren, E. [s.n.] South Africa K003131263 Yes
Wild, H. [3224] Zimbabwe K003131229 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Seyani, J.H.; Banda, C.S. [1499] Malawi K003131231 Yes
Kornas, J. [1323] Zambia K003131223 Yes
Moyo, E. [19] Zimbabwe K003131228 Yes
King, R.M.; Mori, S.A. [7996] Brazil K000054429 Yes
Angus [1361] Zambia K003131225 Yes

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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