| Tridax | |
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| Tridax procumbens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Millerieae |
| Subtribe: | Galinsoginae |
| Genus: | Tridax L. |
| Type species | |
| Tridax procumbens | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tridax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
Tridax is native primarily to the tropical regions of North and South America. Tridax procumbens has become naturalized in the southern United States and is considered a noxious weed in some places.
- Species[1]
- Tridax angustifolia Spruce ex Benth. & Hook.f. - Ecuador, Peru
- Tridax balbisioides (Kunth) A.Gray - Guanajuato
- Tridax bicolor A.Gray - Chihuahua
- Tridax bilabiata A.M.Powell - Guerrero
- Tridax boliviensis (Wedd.) R.E.Fr. - Bolivia
- Tridax brachylepis Hemsl. - Oaxaca
- Tridax cajamarcensis H.Rob. - Peru
- Tridax candidissima A.Gray - San Luis Potosí
- Tridax coronopifolia (Kunth) Hemsl. - widespread from Tamaulipas to Chiapas
- Tridax dubia Rose - Colima
- Tridax erecta A.Gray
- Tridax hintonii (B.L.Turner & A.M.Powell) D.J.Keil, Luckow & Pinkava - Michoacán
- Tridax hintoniorum B.L.Turner - Nuevo León
- Tridax luisana Brandegee - Puebla, Oaxaca
- Tridax mexicana A.M.Powell - Guerrero, Oaxaca, Jalisco, México State, Veracruz, Nayarit, Michoacán
- Tridax moorei B.L.Rob. - Hidalgo
- Tridax oaxacana B.L.Turner - Oaxaca
- Tridax obovata Turcz. - Oaxaca
- Tridax oligantha C.E.Anderson & Beaman
- Tridax palmeri A.Gray - San Luis Potosí
- Tridax platyphylla B.L.Rob. - Jalisco
- Tridax procumbens (L.) L. - Veracruz; widespread invasive
- Tridax purpurea S.F.Blake - Guatemala, Chiapas
- Tridax rosea Sch.Bip. ex B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Hidalgo, D.F.
- Tridax tambensis Hieron. - Peru, Ecuador
- Tridax tenuifolia Rose - Chihuahua
- Tridax trilobata (Cav.) Hemsl. - Michoacán, México State
- Tridax venezuelensis Aristeg. & Cuatrec. - Venezuela
- Tridax yecorana B.L.Turner - eastern Sonora in Sierra Madre Occidental
- formerly included[1]
- Tridax accedens - Calea verticillata
- Tridax ehrenbergii - Sabazia sarmentosa
- Tridax gaillardioides - Layia gaillardioides
- Tridax verticillata - Calea verticillata
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