Asteraceae
Tagetes

Tagetes tenuifolia Cav.

First published in Icon. 2: 54 (1793)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Peru. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru

Introduced into:

Baltic States, Belarus, France, Germany, Great Britain, Jawa, Krym, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Tadzhikistan, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Asteraceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico 21: 1-616. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Tagetes erecta.]
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/. [Cited as Tagetes erecta.]
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). [Cited as Tagetes erecta.]

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

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.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • 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/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1979 Bourgeau, E. [583] Mexico K001482696 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Mexico K000502345 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mexico K000502344 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mexico (Puebla) K001270586 Yes
Mixed Sheet K001482654 Yes
n/a K001482655 Yes
n/a K001482656 Yes
n/a K001482657 Yes
Costa Rica K001482658 Yes
El Salvador K001482659 Yes
El Salvador K001482660 Yes
El Salvador K001482661 Yes
El Salvador K001482662 Yes
El Salvador K001482663 Yes
El Salvador K001482664 Yes
El Salvador K001482665 Yes
El Salvador K001482666 Yes
Guatemala K001482667 Yes
Guatemala K001482668 Yes
Guatemala K001482669 Yes
Guatemala K001482670 Yes
Guatemala K001482671 Yes
Mexico (Durango) K001482673 Yes
Mexico (Durango) K001482674 Yes
Mexico (Federal District) K001482675 Yes
Mexico (Federal District) K001482676 Yes
Mexico (Jalisco) K001482677 Yes
Mexico (Monelia) K001482678 Yes
Mexico (Monelia) K001482679 Yes
Mexico K001482680 Yes
Mexico K001482681 Yes
Mexico K001482682 Yes
Mexico K001482683 Yes
Mexico K001482684 Yes
Mexico K001482685 Yes
Mexico K001482686 Yes
Mexico K001482687 Yes
Mexico K001482688 Yes
Mexico K001482689 Yes
Mexico K001482690 Yes
Mexico (Mixed) K001482691 Yes
Mexico (Mixed) K001482692 Yes
Mexico (Mixed) K001482693 Yes
Mexico (Mixed) K001482694 Yes
Mexico (Mixed) K001482695 Yes
Mexico (Mixed) K001482696 Yes
Mexico (Puebla) K001482697 Yes
Mexico (San Luis Potosi) K001482698 Yes
Mexico (San Luis Potosi) K001482699 Yes
Mexico (State of Mexico) K001482700 Yes
Mexico (Yucatun) K001482701 Yes
Mexico (State of Zacatecas) K001482702 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador Tagetes microglossa K000502340 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador Tagetes microglossa K000502339 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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