Tagetes zypaquirensis is a Latin American species of marigold in the family Asteraceae. It has been found in Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador.[1][2]

Tagetes zypaquirensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Tagetes
Species:
T. zypaquirensis
Binomial name
Tagetes zypaquirensis
Bonpl. 1808

Tagetes zypaquirensis is an annual herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound with toothed leaflets. The plant produces numerous flower heads in flat-topped arrays, yellow, each head containing ray florets surrounding disc florets.[1][3][4]

The species is named for the community of Zypaquirá in Nueva Granada (present-day Zipaquirá, Colombia).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 153-154
  2. ^ Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443
  3. ^ a b Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1818. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2(9): 18-20. description in French
  4. ^ Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1818. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2(9): plate 73. full-page line drawing of Tagetes zypaquirensis