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Tagetes erecta
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species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
*Tagetes erecta* L. is a species of annual plant within the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus *Tagetes* and is classified under the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. Common names for this taxon include Aztec marigold, Mexican Marigold, gold talsyth, cempōhualxōchitl, and African marigold. The species is recognized as a useful plant with applications as a medicinal plant, food, and spice.
The taxon range includes Shanghai, Beijing, Fujian, and China, where it is noted as invasive to Shanghai. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in Mexico, with data held by institutions such as ECOSUR, UJAT, UACH, CIBYC-UAEM, and FC-UNAM. The species status is accepted, and it is not considered extinct.
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Species
African marigold
Tagetes erecta
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Common Name: Flor de muerto, ruda, osa de muerto, clavelina.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,262
- With media
- 699
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, UJAT, UACH, CIBYC-UAEM, FC-UNAM, INECOL
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- annual plant
- Parent taxon
- Tagetes
- Image
- Aztec Marigold Tagetes erecta.jpg
- Has use
- spice
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- species
- taxon name
- Tagetes erecta
- Commons category
- Tagetes erecta
- Commons gallery
- Tagetes erecta
- taxon common name
- 万寿菊花
- invasive to
- Shanghai
- taxon range
- Gabon
- short name
- T. erecta
- taxon author citation
- L.
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview
Tagetes erecta, the Aztec marigold, Mexican marigold, big marigold, cempaxochitl or cempasúchil, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tagetes native to Mexico and Central America. Despite being native to the Americas, it is often called the African marigold. In Mexico, this plant is found in the wild in the states of México, Michoacán, Puebla, Veracruz and Guerrero.
This plant reaches heights of between 20 and 90 cm (7.9 and 35.4 in). The Aztecs gathered the wild plant as well as cultivating it for medicinal, ceremonial and decorative purposes; it was introduced to Europe after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and colonization and became widely cultivated commercially with many cultivars in use as ornamental plants, and for the cut-flower trade.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tagetes erecta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.