Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) Gray

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Miscellaneous Details:

"Genus named after Tithonus, a handsome youth and king of Troy, who was loved by Aurora who turned him into a grasshopper. Grown as a border plant and cultivated as green manure plant. Flowers used in traditional medicine."

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Isolectotype for Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray
Catalog Number: US 42401
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. Bourgeau
Year Collected: 1866
Locality: Valley of Orizaba., Veracruz, Mexico, North America

  • Isolectotype: Hemsley, W. B. 1881. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Bot. 2: 168.; La Duke, J. C. 1982. Rhodora. 84: 498.
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Worldwide distribution:

Native to eastern Mexico and Central America.

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General Habitat:

"Grows in wastelands. Plains to hills. Native of south America. Introduced in India, Burma, Malaysia, China, south Africa."

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National Distribution:
United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Cultivada, aunque a menudo escapada.

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Distribution:

"Maharashtra: Pune, Satara, Sindhudurg Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni"

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Frequency:

Occasional

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México

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