| Name | Tithonia excelsa de Candolle |
| Authorship | de Candolle |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Tithonia Desfontaines ex Jussieu |
| Citation | 1836 Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 585 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Tithonia excelsa de Candolle |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1), 2008 (1) |