Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
Erect annual herb, up to 60 cm tall. Leaves opposite along the stems, subsessile, narrowly oblong-ovate, up to c. 4 cm long, 3-veined from the base, roughly hairy and glandular on both surfaces; margin entire. Capitula terminal, solitary, up to 4 cm in diameter; peduncle 2-7 cm long, gradually thickening towards the top. Disk florets yellow surrounded by a conspicuous whorl of spreading, broadly rounded orange-red ray-florets.
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Derivation of specific name
peruviana: Peruvian, of Peru, S America.
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Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Zinnia intermedia Engelm.:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Zinnia leptopoda DC.:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Zinnia pauciflora L.:
Bolivia (South America)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Bolivia (South America)
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Foster, R. C. 1958. A catalogue of the ferns and flowering plants of Bolivia. Contr. Gray Herb. 184: 1–223.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1313
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Rusby, H. H. 1893. On the collections of Mr. Miguel Bang in Bolivia. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(3): 1–67.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1000605
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Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1515
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Zinnia peruviana L.:
Argentina (South America)
Bolivia (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Ecuador (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Peru (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
China (Asia)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Argentina (South America)
Bolivia (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Ecuador (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Peru (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
China (Asia)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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Lawesson, J. E., H. Adsersen & P. Bentley. 1987. An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos Islands. Rep. Bot. Inst. Univ. Aarhus 16: 1–74.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43197
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Renner, S. S., H. Balslev & L. B. Holm-Nielsen. 1990. Flowering plants of Amazonian Ecuador---A checklist. AAU Rep. 24: 1–241.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/43828
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Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
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Serrano, M. & J. Teran. 2000. Identific. Esp. Veg. Chuquisaca 1–129. PLAFOR, Intercooperación, Fundación Ceibo, Sucre.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014273
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Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1371
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Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42250
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Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/513
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Reyes-García, A. & M. Sousa Sánchez. 1997. Depresión central de Chiapas. La selva baja caducifolia. Listados Floríst. México 17: 1–41.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1010515
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Saravia, E. F. 1996. Estud. Veg. Prov. Campero Mizque Cochabamba i–v, 1–92. Tesis, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014736
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López, A. 1995. Estud. Veg. Prov. Mizque Campero Cochabamba i–vi, 1–152. Tesis Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014735
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Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1988-2013. Fl. China Unpaginated. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42480
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Cabrera, A. L. 1978. Compositae. Fl. Prov. Jujuy 10: 1–726.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/36234
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Cronquist, A. J. 1980. Asteraceae. 1: i–xv, 1–261. In Vasc. Fl. S.E. U. S. The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1714
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Nash, D. L. 1976. Tribe V, Heliantheae. In Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (Eds), Flora of Guatemal a - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 181–361, 503–570.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/5254
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Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae - Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D. E. Breedlove Fl. Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1010832
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Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2011. Fl. China 20–21: 1–992. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100006787
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Torres, A. M. 1963. Taxonomy of Zinnia. Brittonia 15(1): 1–25.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/36335
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Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. 2008. 1–860. In O. Hokche, P. E. Berry & O. Huber Nuevo Cat. Fl. Vasc. Venezuela. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033110
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García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Divers. Florist. Oaxaca 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100009052
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Worldwide distribution
Native from Mexico to Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. Known as a weed in Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Botswana, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa.
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Physical Description
Morphology
Description
Annuals, mostly 30–50(–100) cm. Stems greenish, becoming purplish or yellowish, unbranched or sparingly branched distal to bases, strigose. Leaf blades 3–5-nerved, ovate to elliptic or broadly lanceolate, 25–70 × 8–35 mm, scabrellous. Peduncles 10–50(–70) mm. Involucres narrowly to broadly campanulate, 9–18 × 10–20 mm. Phyllaries obovate to oblong, becoming scarious, glabrous, apices rounded, usually entire or erose, sometimes ciliate. Paleae red to purple or yellow, apices obtuse, erose or subentire. Ray florets 6–15(–21); corollas usually scarlet red or maroon, sometimes yellow, laminae linear to spatulate, 8–25 mm. Disc florets 12–50; corollas yellow, 5–6 mm, lobes ca. 1 mm. Cypselae 7–10 mm, 3-angled (ray) or compressed (disc), ribbed, ciliate; pappi usually of 1 stout awn 4–6 mm (from shoulders of cypselae). 2n = 24.
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Diagnostic Description
Synonym
Chrysogonum peruvianum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 920. 1753; Zinnia multiflora Linnaeus
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Zinnia peruviana
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Wikipedia
Zinnia peruviana
Zinnia peruviana, common name Peruvian Zinnia, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3]
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References
- ^ a b http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Peruvian%20Zinnia.html
- ^ http://www.hear.org/starr/images/species/?q=zinnia+peruviana&o=plants
- ^ "PLANTS Profile for Zinnia peruviana (Peruvian zinnia) | USDA PLANTS". Plants.usda.gov. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ZIPE. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
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Notes
Comments
Zinnia peruviana is presumably native in southern Arizona and reported as naturalized in southeastern United States.
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