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Marigolds
Tagetes
Tagetes () is a genus of 50 species of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. They are among several groups of plants known in English as marigolds. The genus Tagetes was formally named by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Linnaeus cited Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1700), Johann Jacob Dillenius (1732), Gaspard Bauhin (1623) and Fabio Colonna (1606) as authors who used the name 'Tagetes' before. In 1754 he published the formal description in his Genera Plantarum, referring to Tournefort, Sébastien Vaillant (1720) and Dillenius for the name 'Tagetes'.
Originally called cempōhualxōchitl, by the Nahua people, these plants are native to Central and Southern Mexico and several other Latin American countries. Some species have become naturalized around the world. One species, T. minuta, is considered a noxious invasive species in some areas.
53 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mexican Marigold
speciesTagetes erecta
wild marigold
speciesTagetes minuta
French marigold
speciesTagetes patula
Red-crescent marigold
speciesTagetes lunulata
Lemmon's marigold
speciesTagetes lemmonii
Mexican Marigold
speciesTagetes lucida
Petite Marigold
speciesTagetes tenuifolia
Tagetes multiflora
speciesTagetes multiflora
Tagetes filifolia
speciesTagetes filifolia
Licorice Marigold
speciesTagetes micrantha
Tagetes foetidissima
speciesTagetes foetidissima
Tagetes zypaquirensis
speciesTagetes zypaquirensis
Tagetes subulata
speciesTagetes subulata
Tagetes terniflora
speciesTagetes terniflora
Tagetes imbricata
speciesTagetes imbricata
Tagetes coronopifolia
speciesTagetes coronopifolia
Narrow-leaved marigold
speciesTagetes linifolia
Tagetes nelsonii
speciesTagetes nelsonii
Tagetes pauciloba
speciesTagetes pauciloba
Tagetes parryi
speciesTagetes parryi
Tagetes lacera
speciesTagetes lacera
Tagetes verticillata
speciesTagetes verticillata
Tagetes elliptica
speciesTagetes elliptica
Tagetes mandonii
speciesTagetes mandonii
Tagetes argentina
speciesTagetes argentina
Tagetes ostenii
speciesTagetes ostenii
Tagetes jaliscensis
speciesTagetes jaliscensis
Tagetes palmeri
speciesTagetes palmeri
Tagetes triradiata
speciesTagetes triradiata
Tagetes stenophylla
speciesTagetes stenophylla
Tagetes moorei
speciesTagetes moorei
Tagetes dianthiflora
speciesTagetes dianthiflora
Tagetes campanulata
speciesTagetes campanulata
Tagetes pringlei
speciesTagetes pringlei
Tagetes persicifolia
speciesTagetes persicifolia
Tagetes riojana
speciesTagetes riojana
Tagetes heterocarpha
speciesTagetes heterocarpha
Tagetes sororia
speciesTagetes sororia
Tagetes iltisiana
speciesTagetes iltisiana
Tagetes dombeyi
speciesTagetes dombeyi
Tagetes gracilis
speciesTagetes gracilis
Tagetes apetala
speciesTagetes apetala
Tagetes laxa
speciesTagetes laxa
Tagetes epapposa
speciesTagetes epapposa
Tagetes minima
speciesTagetes minima
Tagetes arenicola
speciesTagetes arenicola
Tagetes hartwegii
speciesTagetes hartwegii
Tagetes oaxacana
speciesTagetes oaxacana
Tagetes mulleri
speciesTagetes mulleri
Tagetes rupestris
speciesTagetes rupestris
Tagetes daucoides
speciesTagetes daucoides
Tagetes praetermissa
speciesTagetes praetermissa
Tagetes biflora
speciesTagetes biflora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.78
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.730
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1549
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1548
The Flowering Garden: Autumn
Crispijn van de Passe · 1616 · p.30
The Flowering Garden: Autumn
Crispijn van de Passe · 1616 · p.32
The Flowering Garden: Autumn
Crispijn van de Passe · 1616 · p.34
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.488
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.283
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.29
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.285
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.138
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72389.