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Tagetes patula

Mērīkōro

French Marigold

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: French Marigold, Gold Rush

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mērīkōro (RR MG), Merīkōro (AT), Merīkō (AK), Melikō (TS), Merikō (TW)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Mexico

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental flowers

KEY FEATURES: Annual herb to 50m. STEMS much branched. LEAVES strongly scented; opposite, compound, pinnate; LEAFLETS slender, toothed, w glands. FLOWERS solitary, stalk not or little enlarging upwards, involucre bell-shaped with weak-ribbed; 'flower' to 5cmØ; DISC FLS many; RAY FLS few to many; yellow, orange, red-brown, or bicoloured.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See under African Marigold (Tagetes erecta).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present?
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
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Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
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Scientific Taxonomy

Tagetes patula Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Asterales; ASTERACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.849 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.1095 Hortus 3rd
p.106 R Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.416 Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD04b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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