Tagetes triradiata

Tagetes triradiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Tagetes
Species: T. triradiata
Binomial name
Tagetes triradiata
Synonyms[1]
  • Tagetes jaliscensis Greenm.

Tagetes triradiata is a Mexican species of marigolds in the sunflower family. It is native to central Mexico (Puebla, Morelos, México State, D.F., Veracruz).[2][3][4]

Tagetes triradiata is an hairless annual herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound with 15-21 leaflets. One plant produces numerous small flower heads in a flat-topped array, each containing 3 bright yellow ray florets surrounding several yellow disc florets.[3][5]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Tagetes triradiata Greenm.
  2. ↑ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs. 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93
  3. 1 2 Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 157
  4. ↑ photo of herbarium at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Mexican Federal District in 1896, isotype of Tagetes triradiata
  5. ↑ Greenman, Jesse More 1897. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 32(16): 310
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