Characteristics
Dicots
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
ELEGANT ZINNIA
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Not Native
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Classification
Citation
.Zinnia elegans Jacquin, Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: 15, t. 589. 1792.
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Cult. in Vienna, 1792, Herb. Jacquin s.n. (lectotype: W). Lectoptypified by Kirkbride & Wiersema, Taxon 56: 958-959. 2007
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Brevard
USF
DeSoto
USF
Jackson
FSU
Madison
FLAS
Pinellas
USF
Seminole
NY
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Crassina elegans
Crassina elegans (Jacquin) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331. 1891.
BASIONYM: Zinnia elegans Jacquin 1792.
Zinnia australis
Zinnia australis F. M. Bailey, Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. 3: 14. 1891.
TYPE: AUSTRALIA: Queensland: Walsh River, s.d., Barclay-Millar s.n. (holotype: BRI).
Zinnia elegans
Zinnia elegans Sessé y Lacasta & Moçiño, Pl. Nov. Hisp. 142. 1890, non Jacquin 1792.
TYPE: MEXICO:
Zinnia elegans var. alba
Zinnia elegans Jacquin, var. alba de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 536. 1836.
TYPE: MEXICO:
Zinnia elegans var. coccinea
Zinnia elegans Jacquin, var. coccinea (Lindley) de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 536. 1836.
BASIONYM: Zinnia violacea Cavanilles, var. coccinea Lindley 1830.
Zinnia elegans var. purpurascens
Zinnia elegans Jacquin, var. purpurascens de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 536. 1836.
TYPE: MEXICO:
Zinnia elegans var. violacea
Zinnia elegans Jacquin, var. violacea (Cavanilles) de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 536. 1836.
BASIONYM: Zinnia violacea Cavanilles 1791.
Zinnia violacea
Zinnia violacea Cavanilles, Icon. 1: 57, t. 81. 1791, nom. rej.
TYPE: .MEXICO: Cult. in Madrid, without data (lectotype: MA). Lectotypified by Kirkbirde & Wiersema, Taxon 56: 958-959. 2007.
Zinnia violacea var. coccinea
Zinnia violacea Cavanilles, var. coccinea Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1294. 1830.
TYPE: MEXICO:
Specimens and Distribution
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