- Family : ASTERACEAE
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
- Synonym(s) : Bidens sulphurea (Cav.) Sch.Bip.; Cosmea sulphurea (Cav.) Willd.; Cosmos sulphureus var. typicus Sherff; Bidens artemisiifolia Kuntze; Coreopsis artemisiifolia Jacq.; Cosmos artemisiifolius (Jacq.) M.R.Almeida; Cosmos aurantiacus Klatt; Cosmos gracilis Sherff; Cosmos sulphureus var. exaristatus Sherff; Cosmos sulphureus var. hirsuticaulis Sherff
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cosmos sulphureus Cav.
- Common name : Sulphur Cosmos
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Comments / notes : Cultivated in gardens as ornamental, also runs wild
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cosmos sulphureus. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.
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