9155.000 Zinnia L. - Zinnias

Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62

Description of the genus

Annual herbs (in ours) or subshrubs. Leaves opposite, entire. Capitula solitary, terminal, heterogamous, radiate; ray florets female, disk florets bisexual; all florets fertile. Phyllaries in 3 (or more) series, overlapping, the outer shorter. Receptacular scales folded longitudinally, enclosing the disk florets. Achenes of ray florets triquetrous, of disk florets flattened, striate. Pappus of 1-3 awns or teeth, sometimes 0 in ray florets.

Derivation of name: for Johann Gottfried Zinn, 1727–1759, professor of botany, Göttingen.

Worldwide: 11 species occurring from the USA to Argentina.

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	FZ divisions	Content
peruviana (L.) L.	W,C	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Zinnia:

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Flora of Botswana: Zinnia
Flora of Malawi: Zinnia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Zinnia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Zinnia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Zinnia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Zinnia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Zinnia
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iNaturalist: Zinnia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zinnia
JSTOR Plant Science: Zinnia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Zinnia
Plants of the World Online: Zinnia
Tropicos: Zinnia
Wikipedia: Zinnia