Asteraceae
Zinnia

Zinnia elegans Jacq.

First published in Icon. Pl. Rar. 3(11): 15 (1792), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Nicaragua. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Assam, Austria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central European Russia, Chad, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Gilbert Is., Haiti, Hungary, India, Italy, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Krym, Louisiana, Malawi, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New York, Niue, North Carolina, Ohio, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Phoenix Is., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Romania, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Tubuai Is., Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Ghazanfar, S.A., Edmondson, J.R. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Iraq 6: 1-458. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad. [Cited as Zinnia violacea.]
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Zinnia violacea.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2023). https://moip-bio.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/bochkov-bulletin-of-moscow-society-of-naturalists-128-6-2023.27-30.pdf. epublication.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(1): 1-904. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.
  • Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [1600] K003130395 Yes
Bourne [2649] India K003130405 Yes
Wisum, A. [901] Ecuador K001925210 No
Daniel, D. [139] K003130400 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K003130390 Yes
Fawzi [C771] Iraq K003147783 No
s.coll. [1126] China K003147792 Yes
[Jenan Mokhtar] [35768] Iraq K003147786 Yes
Sahira [C847] Iraq K003147784 No
Matthew, K.M. [53138] India K003147800 Yes
Sinclair, I.W.J.; Long, D.G. [5706] Bhutan K003147801 Yes
Schneider, C. [3702] China K003147793 Yes
Chiao, C.Y. [12961] China K003147794 Yes
Stoddart, D.R.; Poore, M.E.D. [1337] K003147854 No
Batt. [355] K003130394 Yes
Sinclair, I.W.J.; Long, D.G. [4941] Bhutan K003147802 Yes
Scarth-Johnson, V. [100] Tonga K003147820 Yes
s.coll. [395] K003130393 Yes
Paranjpye, H.P. [100] Iraq K003147781 Yes
Florence [10200] French Polynesia K003147821 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130402 Yes
Gilliat-Smith, B. [1995] Iran K003130398 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [12297] Hong Kong K003147796 Yes
Alizzi [34818] Iraq K003147785 Yes
Bourne [2649] India K003130404 Yes
[illegible] [737] Iraq K003147782 Yes
St. Vincent [s.n.] K003130392 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [25730] India K003130403 Yes
Bates, M. [s.n.] Mexico K003130397 Yes
Bouton, M. [s.n.] Malawi K003147850 No
Schläfli, A. [47] Mauritius K003147851 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130401 Yes
Eden, M.J. [s.n.] Colombia K003130344 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003147852 No
Iecama [I-36] Ethiopia K003130391 Yes
Fang, W.P. [3262] China K003147795 Yes
Baron, R. (Rev.) [4167] Madagascar K003147853 No
Thulin, M. [10726] Somalia K003130389 Yes
Simpson, N.D. [1609] Egypt K003130399 Yes
Preston [s.n.] Brazil K001031308 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [RSNH24285] Vanuatu K003147819 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [6156] Hong Kong K003147791 Yes
Nov 1, 2019 Hartweg, K.T. [316] Mexico Zinnia violacea K000374431 Yes
Nov 1, 2019 s.coll. [s.n] Zinnia violacea K000374432 Yes
Nov 1, 2019 Hohenacker, R.F. [1018] India Zinnia violacea K000374433 Yes
Nov 1, 2019 Hartweg, K.T. [316] Mexico Zinnia violacea K000374418 Yes
Nov 1, 2019 Kerber, E. [10] Mexico Zinnia violacea K000374419 Yes
Pawek, J. [13953] Malawi Zinnia violacea K003147849 No
Fay, J.M.; Doka, J.; Foucaud, J. [s.n.] Central African Republic Zinnia violacea K003147824 No
Lorence Lugas [62] Malaysia Zinnia violacea K003147805 Yes
Fay, J.M.; Doka, J. [s.n.] Central African Republic Zinnia violacea K003147825 No
Gilliland, H. [25] Zimbabwe Zinnia violacea K003147847 No
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Assefa Hailu; Yitbarew, B. [11636] Ethiopia Zinnia violacea K003147836 No
Mathuge, S.G. [733] Kenya Zinnia violacea K003147840 No
Thomas, N.W. [9523] Sierra Leone Zinnia violacea K003147826 No
Fay, J.M.; Ngaindiro, S.; Foucaud, J.; Raymond, S.; Remy, N. [s.n.] Central African Republic Zinnia violacea K003147823 No
Brummitt, R.K. [11729] Malawi Zinnia violacea K003147848 No
Lorence Lugas [294] Malaysia Zinnia violacea K003147804 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0