Tagetes subulata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = TagetesLucida244.JPG

|genus = Tagetes

|species = subulata

|authority = Cerv.

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-121736 The Plant List, Tagetes subulata Cerv. ]

|synonyms =

• Tagetes multiseta DC.
• Tagetes wislizeni A.Gray

}}

Tagetes subulata is an herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of Mexico, and found also in Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela.[http://www.globalspecies.org/ntaxa/2272918 Global Species - Tagetes subulata] It has highly divided bright green leaves and yellow flowers contained in an elongated calyx.[http://www.madrean.org/maba/symbflora/taxa/index.php?taxon=28469 Madrean Archipelago Biodiversity Assessment Flora - Tagetes subulata]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, 43–93Williams, 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, 571–580Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, CaracasStrother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco