Taxon: Tagetes patula L.

Common names:

• French marigold   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• Studentenblume   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• amapola amarilla   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• copetes   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• copetillo   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed14; Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (fide Dye Pl)
  
• Non-vertebrate poisons: plant pest control   (when intercropped with other crops fide Dict Gard)
  

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View toxicology references for Tagetes patula from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Durango, Zacatecas
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Queretaro
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Nicaragua

• naturalized elsewhere

• cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Breedlove, D. E., ed. 1981–. Flora of Chiapas. (F Chiapas) [= T. erecta L.].
• Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. 1994. Dye plants and dyeing. The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (Dye Pl)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
• Lasser, T., ed. 1964–. Flora de Venezuela. (F Venez)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Matuda, E. 1958. Las compuestas del estado de México.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia) [= T. lunulata Ortega?].
• Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States. (F SE US)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1979–. Flora fanerogámica del Valle de México. (F Valle Mex) [mentions under T. lunulata Ortega].
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
• Turner, B. L. 1996. The comps of Mexico: a systematic account of the family Asteraceae. Volume 6: Tageteae and Anthemideae. Phytologia Mem. 10:55. [= T. lunulata Ort.].
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
• Villasenor, J. L. 1989. Manual para la identificacion de las Compositae de la Peninsula de Yucatan y Tabasco. 101.
• Villaseñor, J. L. 1989. Manual para la identificacion de las Compositae de la Peninsula de Yucatan y Tabasco. Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Techn. Rep. no. 4. (Comp Yucatan)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Tagetes lunulata Ortega
  

Check other databases for Tagetes patula L.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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