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Zinnias
Zinnia
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 genus 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.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Elegant Zinnia
speciesZinnia elegans
Peruvian zinnia
speciesZinnia peruviana
Rocky Mountain zinnia
speciesZinnia grandiflora
desert zinnia
speciesZinnia acerosa
Zinnia angustifolia
speciesZinnia angustifolia
Zinnia maritima
speciesZinnia maritima
Zinnia zinnioides
speciesZinnia zinnioides
Zinnia haageana
speciesZinnia haageana
Zinnia flavicoma
speciesZinnia flavicoma
Zinnia juniperifolia
speciesZinnia juniperifolia
Rio Grande zinnia
speciesZinnia austrotexana
Shortray Zinnia
speciesZinnia anomala
Zinnia marylandica
speciesZinnia marylandica
Zinnia bicolor
speciesZinnia bicolor
Zinnia americana
speciesZinnia americana
Zinnia citrea
speciesZinnia citrea
Zinnia guanajuatensis
speciesZinnia guanajuatensis
Zinnia leucoglossa
speciesZinnia leucoglossa
Zinnia tenella
speciesZinnia tenella
Zinnia oligantha
speciesZinnia oligantha
Zinnia microglossa
speciesZinnia microglossa
Zinnia purpusii
speciesZinnia purpusii
Zinnia tenuis
speciesZinnia tenuis
Zinnia venusta
speciesZinnia venusta
Zinnia zamudiana
speciesZinnia zamudiana
Zinnia coahuilana
speciesZinnia coahuilana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132450.