Zinnia acerosa information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Zinnia acerosa (DC.) A. Gray

Genus: Zinnia
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 42256
Place of publication: Pl. wright. 1:105. 1852 (Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3, Art. 5)
Name verified on: 03-Nov-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-May-2007
Species priority site is: Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC).
Accessions: 7 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Zacatecas

References:

Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
Torres, A. M. 1963. Taxonomy of Zinnia. Brittonia 15:9.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Zinnia acerosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Zinnia acerosa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Zinnia acerosa.

Synonyms:

(≡) Diplothrix acerosa DC. (basionym)
(=) Zinnia pumila A. Gray
(previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Zinnia acerosa (DC.) A. Gray:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?42256 (18 May 2013)

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