Tithonia

Tithonia rotundifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Helianthinae
Genus: Tithonia
Subgenera: T. subg. Mirasolia – T. subg. Tithonia
Species: T. brachypappa – T. calva – T. diversifolia – T. fruticosa – T. hondurensis – T. koelzii – T. longiradiata – T. paneroi – T. pedunculata – T. rotundifolia – T. thurberi – T. tubaeformis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Tithonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 01. Reference page.

Name

Tithonia Desf. ex Juss. (1789)

• Type species: T. uniflora J.F.Gmel.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Urbanisol Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1: 370. (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Mirasolia (Sch.Bip.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2(1): 367. (1873)
    • Type species: T. calva Sch.Bip.
  • Perymeniopsis Sch.Bip. ex Klatt, Leopoldina Heft 23: 90. (1887)

Homonyms

• • Tithonia Raeusch. (1797) = Rudbeckia L.
  • Tithonia Kuntze (1891) = Rivina L.

References

• Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. 498 pp. Paris: Herissant et Theophile Barrois. BHL Reference page. : 189.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Tithonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tithonia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 09 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tithonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2018. Tithonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Feb. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Sunflower

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