Tageteae

Tageteae
Tagetes patula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Cass.
Genera

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Tageteae is a tribe of the plant family Asteraceae. It consists of approximately 260 species divided among 32 genera. All are found in the New World, with a center of diversity in the Mexican highlands. The type genus is Tagetes (marigolds).

Some authors include these plants within a more broadly defined tribe Heliantheae.[1]

Subtribes and genera

Tageteae subtribes and genera recognized by the Global Compositae Database as of April 2022:[2]

References

  1. ^ "187. Asteraceae". Flora of North America. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
  2. ^ "Tageteae Cass". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. ^ "Flaveriinae Less". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. ^ "Jaumeinae Benth. & Hook.f." Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  5. ^ "Pectidinae Less". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  6. ^ "Varillinae B.L.Turner & A.M.Powell". Global Compositae Database. Compositae Working Group (CWG). Retrieved 2022-04-20.
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