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Zinnia
Sign in to saveZinnia is a genus of plants of the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are notable for their solitary long-stemmed 12 petal flowers that come in a variety of bright colors. The name honors 18th-century German scientist Johann Gottfried Zinn.
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Zinnia is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, order Asterales, and class Magnoliopsida. The taxon, named by L., belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and the kingdom Plantae. Its parent taxon is Heliantheae, and it produces achenes as its fruit type. The genus is also referred to by the common name zinnia.
The species has been introduced to various regions, including the Andaman Islands, Assam, Austria, the Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cameroon, and the Cape Provinces. Records from Mexico are held by institutions such as CICY, INECOL, GH, IEA-UAT, and IBUNAM. The taxon is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Species
Zinnia
Zinnia
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 612
- With media
- 429
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- CICY, INECOL, GH, IEA-UAT, IBUNAM, IIB-UV
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Heliantheae
- Image
- Zinnia acerosa form.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Zinnia
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- Zinnia
- taxon common name
- 百日菊属
- has fruit type
- achene
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Zinnia is a genus of plants of the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. Members of the genus are notable for their solitary long-stemmed 12 petal flowers that come in a variety of bright colors. The name honors 18th-century German scientist Johann Gottfried Zinn.
The genus is native to scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the Southwestern United States to South America, with a centre of diversity in Mexico.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zinnia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.