Zinnia peruviana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Zinniinae
Genus: Zinnia
Subgenus: Z. subg. Zinnia
Sectio: Z. sect. Zinnia
Species: Zinnia peruviana

Name

Zinnia peruviana (L.) L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1221 (1759).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Chrysogonum peruvianum L., Sp. Pl.: 920 (1753).
- Crassina peruviana (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331 (1891)
- Zinnia pauciflora L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1269 (1763), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Crassina intermedia (Engelm.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331 (1891).
- Crassina leptopoda (DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331 (1891).
- Crassina multiflora (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331 (1891).
- Crassina peruviana var. flava Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 143 (1898).
- Crassina tenuiflora (Jacq.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331 (1891).
- Crassina verticillata (Andrews) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 331 (1891).
- Lepia multiflora (L.) Hill, Hort. Kew.: 18 (1768).
- Lepia pauciflora Hill, Hort. Kew.: 18 (1768).
- Rudbeckia pauciflora Zinn., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 707 (1821).
- Zinnia florida Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 205 (1796).
- Zinnia floridana Raf., New Fl. 4: 70 (1838).
- Zinnia fulva Schrank, Denkschr. Königl. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1: 146 (1815).
- Zinnia grandiflora DC., Prodr. 5: 536 (1836), pro syn.
- Zinnia hybrida Roem. & Usteri, Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 1(1tes St.): 49 (1787).
- Zinnia hybrida Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 862 (1808).
- Zinnia intermedia Engelm. in F.A.Wislizenus, Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 107 (1848).
- Zinnia leptopoda DC., Prodr. 5: 535 (1836).
- Zinnia linearifolia Moench, Suppl. Meth.: 261 (1802).
- Zinnia lutea Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 459 (1791).
- Zinnia mendocina Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 36: 185 (1870).
- Zinnia multiflora L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1269 (1763).
- Zinnia multiflora var. flava DC., Prodr. 5: 535 (1836).
- Zinnia multiflora var. rubra DC., Prodr. 5: 535 (1836).
- Zinnia revoluta Cav., Icon. 3: 26 (1795).
- Zinnia tenuiflora Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: 15 (1792).
- Zinnia verticillata Andrews, Bot. Repos. 3: t. 189 (1801).
- Zinnia verticillata Cav., Descr. Pl.: 209 (1801).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southeastern USA
  - USA (Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina),
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
Continental: Southern America
- - Peru, Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Central), Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela (Aragua, Distrito Federal)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Zinnia peruviana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Zinnia peruviana. Published online. Accessed: 11 Apr 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Zinnia peruviana. Accessed: 11 Apr 2025.
Hassler, M. 2025. Zinnia peruviana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 11. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Peruvian zinnia
español: Cabrón, Clavelón, Escopetón