Biology:Zinnia peruviana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Zinnia |
| Species: | Z. peruviana
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| Zinnia peruviana | |
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Synonymy
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Zinnia peruviana, the Peruvian zinnia, is an annual flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America.
Description
Zinnia peruviana is an annual plant up to Template:Convert abbreviated tall, rarely Template:Convert abbreviated tall.[2][3] The stems are green, but later become yellow or purple.[3] The leaves are ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, 2.5–7 cm long and 8–3.5 cm wide; 3- to 5-nerved.[2][3] The peduncles are 1–7 cm long.[2][3] Flower heads with 6–21 red, maroon or yellow ray florets (with a 0.8–2.5 cm long petal each) surrounding 12–50 yellow disc florets (with 0.1 cm long corolla lobes).[2][3] Fruits (cypselae) oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 0.7–1 cm long, 3-angled or compressed, striate.[2][3]
Distribution and habitat
The native range of Z. peruviana spans from southeastern Arizona and the Greater Antilles south to Argentina.[2][3] It grows mostly on open areas or rocky slopes between Template:Convert abbreviated of elevation.[3][4]
It has been introduced to and naturalized in many places such as China, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa and Hawaii.[5][6][7][8][9]
References
- ↑ "The Plant List, Zinnia peruviana (L.) L.". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-127354.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Zinnia peruviana in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200024677.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Torres, Andrew M. (1963). "Taxonomy of Zinnia" (in en). Brittonia 15 (1): 1–25. doi:10.2307/2805035. ISSN 0007-196X.
- ↑ Nash, Dorothy; Williams, Louis (1976). "Flora of Guatemala" (in en). Fieldiana v.24:pt.12: 359–360.
- ↑ "Zinnia peruviana - Plants of Hawaii - Starr Environmental". http://www.starrenvironmental.com/images/search/?q=Zinnia+peruviana.
- ↑ "Zinnia peruviana | Atlas of Living Australia" (in en-AU). http://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2892210.
- ↑ Germishuizen, G.; Meyer, N. (2003). Plants of southern Africa : an annotated checklist. Pretoria: National Botanical Institute. pp. 310. ISBN 1919795995. OCLC 54957425.
- ↑ "Zinnia peruviana in Flora of China @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024677.
- ↑ Sud, Gunjan (2016). "Zinnia peruviana L. (Asteraceae) an overlooked Species from Himachal Pradesh" (in en). Indian Forester 142 (8): 795–796. ISSN 2321-094X. http://www.indianforester.co.in/index.php/indianforester/article/view/101658.
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in Mexico in 1993
- line drawing from Manual of Vascular Plants of the Lower Yangtze Valley China Illustration fig. 378
Wikidata ☰ Q8072438 entry
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