Asteraceae

Tagetes L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 887 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Texas, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Andaman Is., Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Chad, Connecticut, Cook Is., Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Madeira, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New South Wales, New York, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.507.1.4. epublication.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 378 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 887 (1753)
  • Panero in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 429 [2006] (2007)
  • Patricia Halliday (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.V. Pope in Kirkia 10: 115 (1975)
  • Sp. Pl.: 887 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1979 Spruce, R. [5950] Ecuador K000200714 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Spruce, R. [5790] Ecuador K000200713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Triana, J. [1408] Colombia K001092417 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Spruce, R. [5207] Ecuador K000200718 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Spruce, R. [5790] Ecuador K000200712 Unknown Type Material Yes
Funk, V.A. [3573] Peru K001925497 No
Degener, O.; Degener, I. [26561] Guatemala K002488610 Yes
Peru K:SPC-44579.000 No
H. [11149] Mexico K002488606 Yes
Valerio, M. [137] Costa Rica K002488609 Yes
Funk, V.A. [3574] Peru K001925501 No
Funk, V.A.; Ramos A, C.H. [2415] Mexico K001925505 No
McVaugh, R. [13642] Mexico K002488588 Yes
Conzatti, C.; [illegible] [5190] Mexico K002488605 Yes
King, R.M.; Peterson, P.M. [9914] Mexico K002488451 Yes
Spruce, R. [5207] Ecuador K000200717 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K002488589 Yes
Rosas, M.R. [1425] Mexico K002488608 Yes
Lathrop, E.W. [5576] Costa Rica K002488604 Yes
King, R.M.; Garvey, R.M. [9659] Costa Rica K002488603 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J.; Remy, F. [1520] Bolivia K000295165 No
Saint-Pierre, M. [[475; 435]] Mexico K002488602 Yes
s.coll. [1445] Guatemala K002488611 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [583] Mexico K002488601 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [1501] Mexico K002488607 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0