Tithonia

Tithonia

Taxobox
name = "Tithonia"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Tithonia diversifolia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Tithonia"
genus_authority = Desf. ex Juss.

"Tithonia" is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Species include:
*"Tithonia calva" Sch. Bip.
*"Tithonia diversifolia" (Hemsl.) A. Gray (tree marigold)
*"Tithonia rotundifolia" (Mill.) S. F. Blake
*"Tithonia thurberi" Gray (Arizona sunflower weed)

References

*cite web | url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12171 | title=Genus: "Tithonia" Desf. ex Juss. | accessdate=2008-03-01 | format= | work=Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
* [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38529 ITIS standard report: "Tithonia" Desf. ex Juss.]


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