Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Tithonia Desf. ex Juss.
TITHONIA
Classification
ASTERALES
Tithonia
Citation
TITHONIA Desfontaines ex Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 189. 1789.
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TYPE: Tithonia tagetiflora Desfontaines
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Tithonia diversifolia SHRUB SUNFLOWER Not Native FACU (NWPL)
Tithonia rotundifolia CLAVEL DE MUERTO Not Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Perennial, subshrub to shrubs; phyllaries 16-28, the outer shorter than the inner; ray laminae 48-69 mm long; disc florets 80-130; cypselae 4-6 mm long
1.  Annual; phyllaries 12-16, the outer longer to subequal to the inner; ray laimnae 20-33 mm long; disc florets 60-90; cypselae 5-9 mm long
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Mirasolia Mirasolia (Schultz Bipontinus) Bentham, in Bentham & Hooker f., Gen. Pl. 2: 367. 1873. BASIONYM: Tithonia Desfontaines ex Jussieu, subg. Mirasolia Schultz Bipontinus, in Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald 305. 1856. TYPE: Tithonia calva Schultz Bipontinus
Urbanisol Urbanisol Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 370. 1891. TYPE: Tithonia Desfontaines ex Jussieu 1789.