Tagetes zypaquirensis is a Latin American species of marigold in the family Asteraceae. It has been found in Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador.Jørgensen, P. M. & C. Ulloa Ulloa. 1994. Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443
Tagetes zypaquirensis is an annual herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound with toothed leaflets. The plant produces numerous flower heads in flat-topped arrays, yellow, each head containing ray florets surrounding disc florets.Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 153-154Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1818. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2(9): plate 73. full-page line drawing of Tagetes zypaquirensis
The species is named for the community of Zypaquirá in Nueva Granada (present-day Zipaquirá, Colombia).Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1818. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2(9): 18-20. description in French
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