Characteristics
Angiosperms (Dicots)
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
Elegant Zinnia; Garden Zinnia; Youth and Old Age
Herb
Annual
Vascular
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The proposal to conserve Z. elegans over Z. violacea was accepted at the 2011 Botanical Congress Melbourne.
Not Native
Kirkbride, Jr., J. H. & J. H. Wiersema. 2007. (1785) Proposal to conserve the name Zinnia elegans against Z. violacea (Compositae). Taxon 56(3): 958-959.
Classification
Citation
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/271577>Zinnia elegans Jacquin, Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: t. 589. 1786 [1793].</a>
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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
Specimens and Distribution
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