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Genus: Tithonia
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids
> Euasterid II > Order:
Asterales > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Heliantheae
There are 11 species, native to North and Central America. Tithonia
diversifolia and Tithonia rotundifolia have become naturalised in southern
Africa.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Publications
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