Zinnia elegans

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Zinnia elegans Jacq.
Common Name:Elegant Zinnia; Garden Zinnia; Youth and Old Age
Habitat:Garden escape.
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:The proposal to conserve Z. elegans over Z. violacea was accepted at the 2011 Botanical Congress Melbourne.
Status:Not Native
References: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.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Zinnia
Species Zinnia elegans Jacq. - Elegant Zinnia; Garden Zinnia; Youth and Old Age

Citation

Citation Zinnia elegans Jacquin, Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: t. 589. 1786 [1793].
Basionym: **
Type: Cult. in Vienna, 1792, Herb. Jacquin s.n. (lectotype: W). Lectoptypified by Kirkbride & Wiersema, Taxon 56: 958-959. 2007.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Zinnia violacea Zinnia violacea Cav., Icon. 1(3): 57, pl. 81. 1791. Mexico. Vidi floridam in Regio horto Matritensi mense Iulio

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Calhoun, Crenshaw, Lee, Macon, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00006473 Lee 02 Aug 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4685		 ALNHS
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
TROY000041843 Crenshaw 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25574		 TROY
Zinnia violacea Cavanilles
ALNHS00006472 Lee 02 Aug 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4686		 ALNHS
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
UWAL0045657 Mobile 04 Nov 2018 Horne, Howard E.
4692		 UWAL
Zinnia violaceae Cavanilles
ALNHS00006039 Calhoun 29 Aug 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
DDS 14,973		 ALNHS
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
UWAL0038097 Calhoun 29 Aug 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14973		 UWAL
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
UWAL0031741 Crenshaw 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25574		 UWAL
Zinnia violacea Cavanilles
ALNHS00006211 Macon 24 Oct 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4246		 ALNHS
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
AMAL00011684 Baldwin 23 Jun 2004 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12139		 AMAL
Zinnia violacea Cav.
ALNHS00007646 Lee 20 SEP 2021 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5655		 ALNHS
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
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