Tithonia diversifolia

Tithonia diversifolia

Tithonia diversifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Helianthinae
Genus: Tithonia
Subgenus: T. subg. Tithonia
Series: T. ser. Grandiflorae
Species: Tithonia diversifolia

Name

Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray (1883)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mirasolia diversifolia Hemsl., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(8): 168, pl. 47. 1881.

• Homotypic
  • Urbanisol tagetiflora var. diversifolius (Hemsl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 371. 1891.

• Heterotypic
  • Helianthus quinquelobus Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2, 193. 1894.
  • Tithonia diversifolia subsp. glabriuscula S.F.Blake, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 435. 1921.
  • Tithonia triloba Sch. Bip. ex Klatt, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 31(1): 203. 1892.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan) Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize Introduced into: Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Gray, A. 1883: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston, MA 19: 5.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tithonia diversifolia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 09 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tithonia diversifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Tithonia diversifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Feb. 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Tithonia diversifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tithonia diversifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Mexikanische Sonnenblume
English: tree marigold
suomi: Aurinkotitonia
français: Tournesol mexicain
日本語: ニトベギク
ไทย: บัวตอง
lea faka-Tonga: Siolaʻā siʻi
Tiếng Việt: Dã quỳ
中文: 肿柄菊

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