Tagetes zypaquirensis Humb. & Bonpl.

Tagetes zypaquirensis H. & B. PL Aequin. 2: 18. 1808
A tall annual; stem 3-10 dm. high, branched, terete, sparingly pilose or villous; leaves opposite or the upper alternate, pinnate; rachis usually with subulate lobes or teeth; leaflets 9-15, 1-3 cm. long (the lower reduced), oblanceolate or elliptic, coarsely serrate, rather densely short-pubescent beneath, puberulent or glabra te above, with numerous scattered glands; heads many in open cymes; peduncles 3-5 cm. long; involucre elongate-campanulate, turbinate at the base, about 12 mm. long and 5 mm. broad; bracts 5-7, glabrous, with deltoid
tips, and with two marginal rows of 5 or 6 glands each and one gland in the free portion, the
lower glands linear, the upper oval or round ; ligules oblong, about 1 2 mm. long and 4-5 mm.
wide; disk-corollas 6 mm. long, puberulent; tube shorter than the funnelform throat;
achenes 5 mm. long; 2 of the squamellae subulate, 3 mm. long, the other 3 oblong, less than
1 mm. long.
Type locality: Near Zypaquira (Zipaquiraj. Colombia. Distribution: Guatemala to Colombia.

Tagetes zypaquirensis is a Latin American species of marigold in the family Asteraceae. It has been found in Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador.

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.

The species is named for the community of Zypaquirá in Nueva Granada (present-day Zipaquirá, Colombia).

Tagetes zypaquirensis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cúc. Loài này được Bonpl. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1809.