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Southern cone marigold (Tagetes minuta)

Dlium Southern cone marigold (Tagetes minuta)

Southern cone marigold (Tagetes minuta) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, herb or shrub, upright, up to 2 meters high, cylindrical or square stem, green or red in color, smooth and shiny surface, grows in forests, roadsides and agricultural land.

T. minuta has compound leaves 23 cm long, with up to 6 pairs of leaves with 1 at the tip and is green. The strands are elongated, 8 cm long, 1 cm wide, with sharp ends and serrated edges. Flowers in panicles.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Genus: Tagetes L. in Sp. Pl.: 887 (1753)
Species: Tagetes minuta L. in Sp. Pl.: 887 (1753)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Tagetes bonariensis Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 459 (1807)
Tagetes glandulifera Schrank in Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac.: t. 54 (1820)
Tagetes glandulosa Schrank ex Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 339 (1822)
Tagetes montana DC. in Prodr. 5: 644 (1836)
Tagetes porophyllum Vell. in Fl. Flumin. 8: t. 116 (1829)
Tagetes tinctoria Hornsch. in Index Seminum (GFW, Gryphicum) 1845: 3 (1845)

PUBLICATIONS

Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.

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Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.

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Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

VERNACULAR NAME

Afrikaans: Africander bossie, Kleinafrikander, Kleinafrikaner, Langkakiebos, Stinkkhakibos, Transvaalsekakiebos
Austria: Mexikanische Gewürztagetes
Bengali: বুনো গাঁদা ফুল Bunō gām̐dā phula
Botswana: Jeremane
Burmese: တောရိုင်းပန်း
Chinese (simplified): 印加孔雀草
Chinese (Traditional): 印加孔雀草
Danish: Hvidgul fløjlsblomst
Dutch: Geelgroen afrikaantje
English: Southern Cone Marigold, Wild marigold, Southern Marigold, Mexican Marigold, Khaki Weed, Khakibos, muster John Henry, Tall Khaki Weed, Kahki Weed, Khakibush Weed, Master John-Henry, Stinking Roger
Filipino: Ligaw na marigold
Finnish: Haisusamettikukka
French: Tagète des décombres
German: Mexikanische Gewürztagetes
Hindi: जंगली गेंदा Jangalee genda
Hungarian: Kisvirágú bársonyvirág
Indonesian: Kenikir Gunung
Japanese: シオザキソウ - コゴメコウオウソウ
Javanese: Kenikir Alas
Khmer: ផ្កាម៉ារីហ្គោលព្រៃ
Korean: 만수국아재비
Lao: ດອກດາວເຮືອງປ່າ
Ndebele: Mbanje
Nepali: जंगली सयपत्री Jaṅgalī sayapatrī
Polish: Aksamitka drobna
Portuguese: Agulha-do-mato
Queensland: Stinking Roger
Russian: Бархатцы мелкие
Sekwena: Moonyana
Selete: Moonyane, Setokwane
Sengwaketse: Senkelabaheti
Sinhala: වල් මැරිජෝල්ඩ් Val mærijōlḍ
Slovak: Aksamietnica žliazkatá
Sotho: Jeremane
South Africa: Tall Khaki Weed
Southern Africa: Khakibos
Spanish: Chinchilla, Huacatay, Suico
Swedish: Stinktagetes
Tamil: காட்டு சாமந்திப்பூ Kāṭṭu cāmantippū
Thai: ดาวเรืองป่า
Tswana: Jeremane, Moonyane, Senkgelabafeti, Setokwane, Galerale
Vietnam: Cúc vạn thọ dại
Zulu: Insangwana, Ugudluthukela, Umavelegoli, Unsangunsangu, Unsangwana,
Unsangwane, Usangunsangu

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