Details for: PI 586959, Tagetes lucida Cav., pericon


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Tagetes lucida Cav.
Top Name:
pericon
Origin:
Collected – Puebla, Mexico
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
30 Nov 1994
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Tagetes lucida Cav.
Top Name:
pericon
Origin:
Collected – Puebla, Mexico
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
30 Nov 1994
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
16 November 1994.
Puebla, Mexico
Locality: Mpio. San Andres Cholula. San Andres Cholula.
Coordinates: 19.0500, -98.3000 (Map it)
Elevation: 2250m.
Environment description: Purchased in Cholula market in dried bunches.
Comment: Said to have been gathered near Tepeaca, Puebla.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
pericon
Type: Local name

1304
Type: Collector identifier
Williams, David E. USDA, ARS

Narrative
Herb, 30-50cm tall. Flowers orange, anise-scented. Sold as a medicinal plant for use in healing baths, as well as a condiment added to the water used to boil corn-on-the-cob ("elotes").
Tagetes lucida Cav.
Genus:
Tagetes
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Tageteae
Nomen number:

36200
Place of publication:

Icon. 3:33, t. 264. 1795-1796
Verified:
11/01/1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishMexican mint marigold  1Small, E. 1997. Culinary herbs. 587-589. Note: NRC Research Press, Ottawa
EnglishMexican-tarragon  1Small, E. 1997. Culinary herbs. 587-589. Note: NRC Research Press, Ottawa
Englishsweet marigold  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Englishsweet-mace  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:429.
Englishsweet-scent marigold  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:429.
Englishsweet-scent Mexican marigold  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening 4:429.
EnglishTexas-tarragon  1Small, E. 1997. Culinary herbs. 587-589. Note: NRC Research Press, Ottawa
Frenchtagète luisante  2Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm.
Germanglänzende Samtblume  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanglänzende Studentenblume  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Spanishanisillo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpericón  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishperriquillo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishglanstagetes  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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