Tagetes

Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Tagetes L.
ASTERACEAE
MARIGOLD
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Classification
ASTERALES
Tagetes
Citation
TAGETES Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 887. 1753.
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TYPE: Tagetes patula Linnaeus Lectotypified by Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 34: 149. 1915.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Tagetes erecta AZTEC MARIGOLD Not Native
Tagetes lucida SWEETSCENTED MARIGOLD Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Tagetes minuta MUSTER JOHN HENRY Not Native
Identification Key
1.  Perennial; leaves simple, toothed
T. lucida
1.  Annual; leaves pinnately lobed or compound, and toothed
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2.  Leaflets or lobes mostly with 0-8 teeth per side; heads generally solitary; peduncles 30-100(150) mm; involucres 10-22 mm long, (3)5-13 mm wide; ray laminae (2)12-18(27) mm long
T. erecta
2.  Leaflets or lobes mostly with 6-20 teeth per side; heads several together in a corymbiform cluster; peduncles 1-5(10) mm; involucres 7-11 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide; ray laminae 1-2 mm long
T. minuta
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Diglossus Diglossus Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 70. 1817. TYPE: Diglossus variabilis Cassini
Enalcida Enalcida Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris. 1819: 31. 1819. TYPE: Enalcida pilifera Cass.
Solenotheca Solenotheca Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 7: 371. 1841. TYPE: Solenotheca tenella Nuttall