Asteraceae
Zinnia

Zinnia peruviana (L.) L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1221 (1759)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. U.S.A. to Venezuela and N. Argentina. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food and a medicine and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Paraguay, Peru, South Carolina, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, Nepal, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Swaziland, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • D.J.N. Hind in Fl. Masc. 109: 179, t. 59 (1993).
  • L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 1221 (1759).
  • Wild in Kirkia 6: 54 (1967).

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • 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.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Ulian, T., Sacandé, M., Hudson, A., & Mattana, E. (2017). Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU–Useful Plants Project. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60:668-683.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2011 Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Arbelaez, A. [1344] Bolivia K000295452 Yes
Aug 1, 1993 Spruce, R. [6469] Peru K000200548 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1987 Hartweg, K.T. [328] Mexico K000374438 Yes
Aug 1, 1987 McLean [s.n.] Peru K000374439 Yes
Aug 1, 1987 Coulter, Dr. [444] Mexico K000374436 Yes
Aug 1, 1987 Hartweg, K.T. [328] Mexico K000374437 Yes
Broteri [1187] Mexico K003148007 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K003147976 No
Tollervey, F.E. [1786] Bolivia K003130309 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Berg, C.C. [3735] Ecuador K003130314 Yes
Burger, W. [2053] Ethiopia K003147829 No
Ecole, H.P. [s.n.] K003130365 Yes
Drummond, T. [115] United States K003147943 No
Brueckner, A. [1240] South Africa K003147861 No
Fendler, A. [1974] Venezuela K003130340 Yes
Gould, B.J. [828] Bhutan K003147798 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [8621] South Africa K003147870 No
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003147992 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130358 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5277] Australia K003147811 Yes
Pearce, R. [s.n.] K003130337 Yes
M. de la seta [271] Argentina K003130353 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130367 Yes
Adolfo de la sota [3791] Argentina K003130349 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A.; Tadesse, M. [3723] Ethiopia K003147833 No
Williams, C. [735] Lesotho K003147872 No
Best, E.B. [581] Zimbabwe K003147844 No
Leach, L.C. [8469] South Africa K003147885 No
Pierotti, S.A. [5010] Argentina K003130351 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2760] Botswana K001600912 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130366 Yes
Kuntze, O. [s.n.] South Africa K003147877 No
Rose, J.N. [2409] Mexico K003148024 No
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [5101] Ethiopia K003147828 No
Parada, G.A.; Inturias, Y.; Betancur, M. [3398] Bolivia K001925204 No
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2709] Botswana K001600945 Yes
Parol, C.H. [s.n.] Mexico K003147998 No
Haught, O.L. [153] Peru K003130329 Yes
Palmer, E. [435] Mexico K003147988 No
Klug, G. [3441] Peru K003130318 Yes
Galeotti, H. [2116] Mexico K003148002 No
Ecole, H.P. [s.n.] K003130377 Yes
Horton, O.B. [11583] Peru K003130323 Yes
Mandon, G. [39] Bolivia K003130304 Yes
Villafañe, M. [568] Argentina K003130347 Yes
Risso, J.L. [761] Argentina K003130352 Yes
s.coll. [s.d.] Trinidad and Tobago K003130335 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [11004] Mexico K003148014 No
King, R.M.; Bishop, L.E. [7421] Bolivia K003130303 Yes
Portal, E.; Cervantes, E.; Huaylla, L. [784] Bolivia K003130301 Yes
Ibarra-Manriquez, G.; Cornejo Tenorio, G. [6166] Mexico K003147994 No
Galeotti, H. [2106] Mexico K003148001 Yes
Rusby; white [2166] Bolivia K003130302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003130373 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003147983 No
Thomson, G. [32] K003130372 Yes
Pienaar, B.J. [414] South Africa K003147856 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130385 Yes
Scheen [s.n.] United States K001065953 Unknown Type Material Yes
Townsend, C.H.T.; Barber, C.M. [s.n.] Mexico K003147984 No
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003147991 No
Morel, I. [8723] Argentina K003130356 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [1170] Ethiopia K003147831 No
Lewis, G.P.; Berg, C.C. [3735] Ecuador K003130313 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [[175]] South Africa K003147879 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130381 Yes
Coulter (Dr.) [443] Mexico K003148000 No
Shannon, W.C. [s.n.] Guatemala K003148026 No
Nation, O. [55] K003147875 No
s.coll. [5] Mexico K003130388 Yes
[Crimser] [1595] South Africa K003147883 No
Hutchison, P.C.; Wright, J.K. [3506] Peru K003130324 Yes
Müller, F. [1916] Mexico K003148004 No
Stafford, D. (Miss) [318] Peru K003130325 Yes
Balls, E.K. [B5916] Argentina K003130362 Yes
Fiebrig, K. [2104] Bolivia K003130311 Yes
Bally [6321] Kenya K003147838 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130369 Yes
Rich, H.H. [403] India K003147799 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [25732] India K003130386 Yes
Coulter (Dr.) [444] Mexico K003148005 No
Pedersen, T.M. [11729] Argentina K003130346 Yes
Caec; Seler, E. [1124] Mexico K003148022 No
Shannon, W.C. [s.n.] Guatemala K003148025 No
Everist, S.L.; Webb, L.J. [1210] Australia K003147809 Yes
Stork, H.E.; Horton, O.B.; Vargas, C. [10520] Peru K003130317 Yes
Sintenis, P. [711] Venezuela K003130341 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] United States K003147942 No
Lentz [s.n.] K003147974 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003147944 No
Palmer, E. [574] Mexico K003147982 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K003147977 No
Wood, J.R.I. [15916] Bolivia K003130312 Yes
King, R.M.; Peterson, P. [9846] Mexico K003147987 No
Mason, E. [13] South Africa K003147876 No
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K003147939 No
Venturi, S. [7918] Argentina K003130361 Yes
Galiano, W.L.; Huamantupa, I. [4629] Peru K003130316 Yes
Murray, L.; Coveny, R.; Bishop, W. [68] Australia K003147816 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [25731] India K003130387 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3861] South Africa K003147884 No
Parker, R.N. [s.n.] K003130376 Yes
Pedley, L. [1141] Australia K003147815 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130368 Yes
Hanekom, W.J. [1739] South Africa K003147871 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003147932 No
Smith, L.S. [10535] Australia K003147808 Yes
Sparre, B.; Wall, E. [s.n.] Argentina K003130354 Yes
Brown; Shapiro [161] South Africa K003147873 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130370 Yes
Franck, N. [368] Venezuela K003130342 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [24559] K003130375 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130343 Yes
Everist, S.L. [s.n.] Australia K003147814 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3494] Botswana K003147841 No
Lindheimer, F. [s.n.] United States K003147941 No
Palmer, E. [575] Mexico K003147981 No
Ash, J. [2959] Ethiopia K003147827 No
Macbride, J.F. [s.n.] Peru K003130320 Yes
Nelson, E.W. [4622] Mexico K003147989 No
Harley, R.M. [55100] Brazil K001031307 Yes
[Agr.]; [Mech]; Iecama [I-31] Ethiopia K003147832 No
Codd, L.E. [6103] South Africa K003147882 No
Biegel, H.M. [3951] Zimbabwe K003147845 No
Vargas, C. [9745] Peru K003130319 Yes
Brizuelal, J. [1285] Argentina K003130355 Yes
Westphal, E.; Westphal-Stevels, J.M.C. [2746] Ethiopia K003147834 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130383 Yes
Stafford, D. (Miss) [ST10] Peru K003130326 Yes
Wells, M.J. [1047] South Africa K003147862 No
Savatier, L. [s.n.] Peru K003130328 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [4200] Mexico K003148003 No
s.coll. [138] Argentina K003130360 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3415] South Africa K003147866 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003147933 No
Sheppard, S. [s.n.] Ecuador K003130315 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [1006] South Africa K003147857 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130336 Yes
Goodspeed, T.H. [23302] Argentina K003130363 Yes
Hawkes, J.G.; Hjerting, J.P.; Rahn, K. [3839] Argentina K003130345 Yes
Smith, L.S. [3008] Australia K003147813 Yes
Moriz [52] Venezuela K003130338 Yes
Wright, C. [1213] United States K003147938 No
Saint-Hilaire, A. [355] Brazil K001031310 Yes
Audibert [s.n.] K001031309 Yes
Gardner, H.M. [3596] Kenya K003147837 No
King, R.M.; Peterson, P.M. [9934] Mexico K003147990 No
Saunders, S.G.E. [863] Peru K003130322 Yes
Stordy, R.J. [s.n.] Peru K003130327 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [1633] K003147980 No
Darwin, C.; Henslow, J.S. [302] K003147997 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130371 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Hind, D.J.N.; Arias, M.R. [27970] Bolivia K003130307 Yes
Lyonnet, E. [162] Mexico K003147993 No
Duthie, J.F. [3053] India K003130384 Yes
White, C.T. [2485] Australia K003147810 Yes
Geilinger [3205] Tanzania K003147839 No
[A M.] [456] K003147996 No
Heyde: Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K003148027 No
Schlechter, R. [3389] South Africa K003147864 No
Schlechter, R. [4066] South Africa K003147865 No
Curtiss, A.H. [1417] United States K003147934 No
Curtiss, A.H. [1417] United States K003147935 No
Dieterlen, A. [156] Lesotho K003147859 No
Gonan [s.n.] K003148010 No
s.coll. [293] K003147936 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130379 Yes
Bridges [s.n.] Bolivia K003130339 Yes
Pedley, L. [4534] Australia K003147807 Yes
Lyon, H.L.; [H. I. Maui] [[illegible]] United States K003147817 Yes
s.coll. [1599] K003130378 Yes
Gillies, L. [45] Argentina K003130359 Yes
Halliday, T.A. [527] Australia K003147806 Yes
Parry, C.C.; Palmer, E. [438] Mexico K003148023 No
Saudeman, C. [4156] Peru K003130332 Yes
Andrieux, G. [314] Mexico K003147995 No
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003148013 No
Biegel, H.M. [3822] Zambia K003147843 No
Botteri [1186] Mexico K003148006 No
Steinbach, J. [6271] Bolivia K003130310 Yes
Engelmann, G.; M.D. [18410] United States K003147931 No
Verdoorn, I.C. [86[]] South Africa K003147878 No
Goodspeed, T.H. [11338] Peru K003130331 Yes
s.coll. [326] South Africa K003147881 No
[Roger Mirsit] [s.n.] K003130380 Yes
Mandon, G. [38] Bolivia K003130306 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K003130334 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [8897] Ethiopia K003147835 No
Hubbard, C.E. [5357] Australia K003147812 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J. [1235] Bolivia K000295256 Yes
Cooper, T. [277] South Africa K003147880 No
Saudeman, C. [5339] Peru K003130321 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [3623] Mexico K003148009 No
Phillipson, P.B. [1329] South Africa K003147863 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K003130364 Yes
Cabrera, A.L.; Frangi, J.; de Frangi, A.M.; Kiesling, R.; Zardini, E.M. [22195] Argentina K003130348 Yes
Brooke, F. [84] Bolivia K003130308 Yes
Hieronymus, G. [s.n.] Argentina K003130357 Yes
Pope, G.; Biegel, H.; Balle, S. [1219] Zambia K003147846 No
Engelmann, G. [s.n.] United States K003147930 No
Mogg; Barnard [656] South Africa K003147868 No
Hutchison, P.C. [565] Peru K003130333 Yes
s.coll. [1899] Mexico K003147985 No
Baur, R. [1144] Lesotho K003147860 No
Bourgeau, E. [2682] K003147979 No
Horton, O.B. [10995] Peru K003130330 Yes
Montenegro, M.A. [232] Argentina K003130350 Yes
Miguel Bang Lectæ, A. [207] Bolivia K003130305 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; Malavasi, A.; Viscarra, J. [1268] Bolivia K000295085 Yes
Barnard, T.T.; Mogg [656] South Africa K003147869 No
Salle, C. [410] Mexico K003147975 No
Engelmann, G. [s.n.] United States K001065952 Unknown Type Material Yes
King, R.M.; Peterson, P.M. [9897] Mexico K003147986 No
Smook, L. [7269] Lesotho K003147867 No
Smuts, J.C. [378] South Africa K003147874 No
Wright, C. [1213] United States K003147937 No
Cornejo Tenorio, G.; Castañeda, N.G.; Flores, J.C.; Eslava, L.Z. [3040] Mexico K003148016 No
Lewis, A.W. [5865] Ethiopia K003147830 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K003147978 No
Mayuranathan, P.V. [s.n.] India K003130382 Yes
Hartman, C.V. [104] Mexico K003147973 No
Miller, O.B. [4879] Zimbabwe K003147842 No
Botteri [1188] Mexico K003147999 No
Licent, A.E. [s.n.] China Zinnia pauciflora K003147789 Yes
Teichman, E.C. [s.n.] China Zinnia pauciflora K003147787 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [8140] United Kingdom Zinnia pauciflora K003147780 Yes
Silvestri, C. [2833] China Zinnia pauciflora K003147790 Yes
Licent, A.E. [8300] China Zinnia pauciflora K003147788 Yes
Salvin; Godman [145] Guatemala Zinnia multiflora K003148012 No
Bourgeau, E. [500] Mexico Zinnia multiflora K003148011 No

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