Tagetes erecta
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Tagetes erecta's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation18 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 496 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics23 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Tagetes erecta, the Aztec marigold, Mexican marigold, big marigold, cempazúchitl or cempasúchil, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tagetes native to Mexico. Despite its being native to the Americas, it is often called African marigold.Floridata In Mexico, this plant is found in the wild in the states of México, Michoacán, Puebla, and Veracruz. This plant reaches heights of between 20 and. The Aztecs gathered the wild plant as well as cultivating it for medicinal, ceremonial and decorative purposes. It is widely cultivated commercially with many cultivars in use as ornamental plants,NC State Horticulture and for the cut-flower trade.Flora of China, Tagetes erecta Linnaeus, 1753. 万寿菊 wan shou juAltervista Flora Italiana, Tagete eretta, Tagetes erecta L. Some authorities regard Tagetes patula (the French marigold) as a synonym of Tagetes erecta.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology17
Life cycle & reproduction13
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment17
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Tagetes erecta across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds165 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 240,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 205,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PYRETHRINS | 9,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| KAEMPFERITRIN | 7,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| EO | 1,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| D-LIMONENE | 380 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| OCIMENE | 298 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 262 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| METHYL-HEPTENOL | 105 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| L-LINALOOL | 98 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Tagetes erecta has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Tagetes erecta carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 2415×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +3
2n 4812×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 +2
2n 202×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
2n 141×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
n 125×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 243×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
n 71×CCDB · book-ipcn72
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type6 496 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions142 of 271 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Mexico City, MX | 518 |
| Durango, MX | 347 |
| Austin, US | 214 |
| Saint Louis, US | 132 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 112 |
| Chapingo, MX | 78 |
| Chengdu, CN | 48 |
| LDlocation not on record | 42 |
| Tapachula, MX | 31 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 31 |
| Mérida, MX | 29 |
| Austin, US | 29 |
| Yangling, CN | 29 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 27 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 24 |
| Bronx, US | 20 |
| Chengdu, CN | 20 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 18 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 17 |
| Mexico City, MX | 17 |
| Kew, GB | 16 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 15 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 15 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 15 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 14 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 14 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 13 |
| Kunming, CN | 13 |
| Beijing, CN | 13 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 12 |
| Toluca, MX | 11 |
| Wuhan, CN | 11 |
| Chengdu, CN | 11 |
| Philadelphia, US | 11 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 10 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 10 |
| Puebla, MX | 10 |
| CASlocation not on record | 10 |
| Tampa, US | 10 |
| Riverside, US | 10 |
| Guilin, CN | 9 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 9 |
| Olocation not on record | 9 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 9 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 9 |
| Mérida, MX | 8 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 8 |
| Nanjing, CN | 8 |
| San Diego, US | 8 |
| Changsha, CN | 8 |
| Mexico City, MX | 7 |
| León, NI | 7 |
| Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajaralocation not on record | 7 |
| Loja, EC | 7 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 7 |
| Emporia, US | 7 |
| Chongqing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 6 |
| Adelaide, AU | 6 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 6 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 6 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 5 |
| Canberra, AU | 5 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 5 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 5 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 5 |
| SXTCMlocation not on record | 5 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 5 |
| San Luis Potosí, MX | 5 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 5 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 5 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 5 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 5 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Parkville, AU | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 4 |
| Honolulu, US | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 4 |
| Berlin, DE | 4 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 4 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 4 |
| Culiacán, MX | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| 云南省思茅市民族传统医药研究所location not on record | 4 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 4 |
| Wuhan, CN | 4 |
| Madison, US | 4 |
| Seoul, KR | 4 |
| Bloomington, US | 4 |
| EL PASO, US | 4 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 4 |
| Guasave, MX | 4 |
| Bern, CH | 3 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 3 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 3 |
| Xian, CN | 3 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 3 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 3 |
| Kensington, AU | 3 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 3 |
| FUNEDlocation not on record | 3 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 3 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Xiamen, CN | 3 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 3 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 3 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 3 |
| BClocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 3 |
| Uppsala, SE | 3 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 3 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 2 |
| Chadron, US | 2 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 2 |
| RBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 2 |
| Plocation not on record | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| HEMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Armidale, AU | 2 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 2 |
| Université National du Béninlocation not on record | 2 |
| San José, CR | 2 |
| Barcelona, ES | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 2 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 2 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing, CN | 2 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 2 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Brasília, BR | 2 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 2 |
| Masindi, UG | 2 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 2 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 2 |
| Montréal, CA | 2 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Williamsburg, US | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Brisbane, AU | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Guayaquillocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Post Graduate College Bannulocation not on record | 1 |
| Tartu, EE | 1 |
| Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Universidad Autónoma de Nayaritlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| Xining, CN | 1 |
| Jinghong, CN | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hazara Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Anchorage, US | 1 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocólocation not on record | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| “Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University" NPLClocation not on record | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lima, PE | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| UDESC-CAVlocation not on record | 1 |
| Forestry Research Institute of Nigerialocation not on record | 1 |
| LISClocation not on record | 1 |
| Spearfish, US | 1 |
| Iquitos, PE | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| POZGlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de la Amazonia (UniAmazonia)location not on record | 1 |
| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 1 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Teresina, BR | 1 |
| Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)location not on record | 1 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Qarshi Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Baroda, IN | 1 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 1 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Zhejianglocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 1 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Morelia, MX | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
| HUFDlocation not on record | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Tagetes erecta was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.