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Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray (Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 5. 1883.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[], Virgin Islands (cultivated) ( Tortola, ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic: FL), Central America (native), Common Names: Árnica de la tierra (Cuba), Belle vénus (Haiti), Escopeta (Dominican Republic), Fleurs soleil (Haiti), Flor amarilla (Cuba), Girasol enano (Cuba), Girasol mejicano (Puerto Rico), Girasol pequeño (Puerto Rico), Girasolillo (Cuba), Margarita gigante (Cuba), Margarita haitiana (Dominican Republic), Margarita isleña (Cuba), Margarita mexicana (Cuba), Margaritona (Cuba), Mexican sunflower (Bahamas), Mexican sunflower (Jamaica), Mirasol mejicano (Puerto Rico), Mirasol pequeño (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Mirasolia diversifolia Hemsl. (Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(8): 168. 1881.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 5). D'Arcy, W.G. 1967. Annotated checklist of the Dicotyledons of Tortola, Virgin Islands. Rhodora 69: 385-450. 6). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). Liogier, A.H. 1962. Flora de Cuba. Vol 5. Rubiales, Valerianales, Cucurbitales, Campanulales, and Asterales. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 9). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 10). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 11). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 12). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 13). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 14). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 24 Apr 12 |