Tagetes filifolia

Tagetes filifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Tagetes
Species:	T. filifolia
Binomial name
	Tagetes filifolia; Lag. 1816
Synonyms
	Synonymy Diglossus variabilis Cass. ; Enalcida foeniculifolia Cass. ; Enalcida pilifera Cass. ; Tagetes anisata Lillo ; Tagetes dichotoma Turcz. ; Tagetes foeniculacea Poepp. ex DC. 1836 not Desf. 1829 ; Tagetes pauciloba DC. ; Tagetes perretii nob. ex Colla ; Tagetes pseudomicrantha Lillo ; Tagetes scabra Brandegee ; Tagetes silenoides Meyen & Walp. ; Tagetes tanacetifolia Schrad. ;

Tagetes filifolia is a New World species of marigolds in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Latin America from northern Mexico to Argentina.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Common name is Irish lace despite the fact that the plant does not grow in Ireland.^[8]

Tagetes filifolia is a branching annual herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. It has a strong aroma similar to that of anise or liquorice. Leaves resemble small branching, feathery threads.^[8]

People of the native range of the species use it as a food flavoring, a tea, and a diuretic.^[8]

References

^ The Plant List, Tagetes filifolia Lag.
^ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93
^ Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe VI, Helenieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Botany 24(12): 361–386, 571–580
^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
^ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
^ Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Reports 34: 1–443
^ ^a ^b ^c Useful Tropical Plants, Tagetes filifolia, Common Name: Irish Lace

External links

photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical garden, collected in Bolivia in 2011

[1] The Plant List, Tagetes filifolia Lag.

[2] Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93

[3] Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe VI, Helenieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Botany 24(12): 361–386, 571–580

[4] Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas

[5] Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.

[6] Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín

[7] Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Reports 34: 1–443

[f-8] Useful Tropical Plants, Tagetes filifolia, Common Name: Irish Lace

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