Zinnia peruviana

Peruvian zinnia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Zinnia
Species:	Z. peruviana
Binomial name
	Zinnia peruviana; (L.) L.
Synonyms
	Synonymy Chrysogonum peruvianum L. ; Crassina intermedia (Engelm.) Kuntze ; Crassina leptopoda (DC.) Kuntze ; Crassina multiflora (L.) Kuntze ; Crassina peruviana (L.) Kuntze ; Crassina tenuiflora (Jacq.) Kuntze ; Crassina verticillata (Andrews) Kuntze ; Lepia pauciflora (L.) Hill ; Zinnia hybrida Roem. & Usteri ; Zinnia intermedia Engelm. ; Zinnia leptopoda DC. ; Zinnia mendocina Phil. ; Zinnia multiflora L. ; Zinnia pauciflora L. ; Zinnia revoluta Cav. ; Zinnia tenuiflora Jacq. ; Zinnia verticillata Andrews ;

Zinnia peruviana, common name Peruvian zinnia, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Range

It is native to the West Indies and Latin America, including northern Mexico and the Greater Antilles, and as far south as Paraguay. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and is naturalized in many places, among which China, India, Australia, Africa, and the United States, including Hawai'i.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Description

Zinnia peruviana is an annual herb sometimes as much as 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are broadly egg-shaped or lance-shaped, up to 7 cm (2.8 inches) long. The plant produces one flower head per flower stalk, each head with 7-21 red or maroon ray florets surrounding 15-20 yellow disc florets.^[15]

References

^ The Plant List, Zinnia peruviana (L.) L.
^ Starr Environmental, Plants of Hawai'i, Zinnia peruviana (Zinnia, pua pihi)
^ "PLANTS Profile for Zinnia peruviana (Peruvian zinnia) | United States Department of Agriculture plants profile". Plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
^ Flowers of India
^ Atlas of Living Australia
^ Flora of Zimbabwe, Zinnia peruviana (L.) L.
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
^ Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
^ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catálogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181
^ Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galápagos Islands. Reports from the Botanical Institute, University of Aarhus 16: 1–74
^ Saravia Miranda, E. F. 1996. Estudio de la Vegetación de las Partes Altas de las Provincias Campero y Mizque (Cochabamba) i–v, 1–92. Tesis, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba
^ Flora of China, Zinnia peruviana Linnaeus, 1759. 多花百日菊 duo hua bai ri ju
^ Flora of North America, Zinnia peruviana (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, 1759. Peruvian zinnia

External links

[1] The Plant List, Zinnia peruviana (L.) L.

[2] Starr Environmental, Plants of Hawai'i, Zinnia peruviana (Zinnia, pua pihi)

[3] "PLANTS Profile for Zinnia peruviana (Peruvian zinnia) | United States Department of Agriculture plants profile". Plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2012-07-22.

[flowersofindia1-4] Flowers of India

[5] Atlas of Living Australia

[6] Flora of Zimbabwe, Zinnia peruviana (L.) L.

[7] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[8] Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas

[9] Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco

[10] Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).

[11] Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catálogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181

[12] Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galápagos Islands. Reports from the Botanical Institute, University of Aarhus 16: 1–74

[13] Saravia Miranda, E. F. 1996. Estudio de la Vegetación de las Partes Altas de las Provincias Campero y Mizque (Cochabamba) i–v, 1–92. Tesis, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba

[14] Flora of China, Zinnia peruviana Linnaeus, 1759. 多花百日菊 duo hua bai ri ju

[15] Flora of North America, Zinnia peruviana (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, 1759. Peruvian zinnia

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