Galapagos Species Database
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Tithonia diversifolia
jícama
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Tithonia
Species
diversifolia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Mirasolia diversifolia Hemsl.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
- Nash, D.L. (1976) Tribe V, Heliantheae. In: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (eds.): Flora of Guatemal a - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 181–361, 503–570.
- Nash, D.L. (1976) Tribe III, Astereae. In: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (eds.): Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 128–164, 483–495.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tithonia diversifolia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1949. Accessed 3 August 2025.