Tithonia tubaeformis(Jacq.) Cass.

WFO wfo-0000038431 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tithonia tubaeformis, photographed by Robert Martin
fig. a Robert Martin, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-18 / obs. 172854553
Tithonia tubaeformis, photographed by Robert Martin
fig. b Robert Martin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172854821
Tithonia tubaeformis, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. c José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172077648
Tithonia tubaeformis, photographed by adel-fridus
fig. d adel-fridus, CC0 1.0 / obs. 181122066
Tithonia tubaeformis, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. e José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163390551
Tithonia tubaeformis, photographed by Luis F. Ramírez
fig. f Luis F. Ramírez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167321074
Tithonia tubaeformis, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. g Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165526600
Tithonia tubaeformis, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. h Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165526344

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Tithonia tubaeformis is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeEl SalvadorGuatemalaHonduras
Native distribution of Tithonia tubaeformis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Helianthus tubaeformis Jacq.
  • Helianthus tubiformis Ortega
  • Tithonia helianthoides Bernh.
  • Tithonia helianthoides Weinm. ex Steud.
  • Tithonia tubaeformis var. tubaeformis
  • Urbanisol tubiformis (Jacq.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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