Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)
Order: Asterales (230)
Family: Asteraceae (229)(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.