Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Tagetes (1)
Epithet: minuta L. (1)
Synonyms: Tagetes bonariensis Pers., Tagetes glandulifera Schrank, Tagetes glandulosa Schrank, Tagetes montana hort., Tagetes porophyllum Vell., Tagetes tinctoria Hornsch.
bonariensis => of or from Buenos Aires, Argentina
glandulifera => gland-bearing
glandulosa => full of glands, glandular
minuta => smaller, lesser
montana => growing in the mountains
tinctoria => used for dyeing.