Tageteae

Taxobox
name = Marigold Tribe

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image_caption = "Tagetes patula"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
subfamilia = Asteroideae
tribus = Tageteae
tribus_authority = Takht.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
Adenopappus
Adenophyllum
Bajacalia
Boeberastrum
Boeberoides
Chyrsactinia
Dysodiopsis
Dyssodia
Gymnlaena
Harnackia
Hydrodyssodia
Hydropectis
Lescaillea
Leucactinia
Nicolletia
Pectis
Porophyllum
Schizotrichia
Strotheria
Tagetes
Thymophylla
Urbinella
Vilobia

Tageteae is a tribe of the plant family Asteraceae. It consists of approximately 216 species divided among 28 genera. All are found in the New World, with a center of diversity in the Mexican highlands. It is typified by the genus "Tagetes" (marygolds).

Some authors include these plants within a more broadly defined tribe Heliantheae.cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10074 | work = Flora of North America | title = 187. Asteraceae | accessdate = 2007-12-07]

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