Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Tithonia Desf. ex Juss. , legitimate, scientific
Jussieu, A.L. de (4 August 1789), Genera Plantarum: 189 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Tithonia tagetiflora Desf.
Kleinschmidt, H.E. & Johnson, R.W. (1977), Weeds of Queensland: 327 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 87 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 557 [secondary reference]
Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Tithonia. Flora of New South Wales 3: 274 [secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Asteraceae. Flora of Australia 50: 419 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 84 [secondary reference]
Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 469 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 861 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Tithonia subg. Mirasolia Sch.Bip. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mirasolia (Sch.Bip.) Benth. & Hook.f. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: ChI (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Orchard, A.E., Cross, E.W. & Bayer, R.J. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Tithonia. Flora of Australia 37: 551-552 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "after Tithonus, a young man much loved by Aurora, Dawn goddess of Roman mythology; Desfontaines chose the name because of the golden yellow (aurore) colour of the flowers."