Checklist of Bolivian Compositae - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Zexmenia helianthoides (Kunth) B. D. Jacks. var. rudis (Baker) Hassl. f. lanceolata Hassl., Repert. Spec. Nov.
Regni Veg. 14(10-15): 178 (1915) = Wedelia rudis (Baker) Benth. ex H. Rob.
Zexmenia helianthoides (Kunth) B. D. Jacks. var. rudis (Baker) Hassl. f. subhastata Hassl., Repert. Spec. Nov.
Regni Veg. 14(10-15): 178 (1915) = Wedelia rudis (Baker) Benth. ex H. Rob.
*Zexmenia herzogii Hassl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 357 (1909) = Dimerostemma herzogii (Hassl.) M.
D. Moraes
*Zexmenia mikanioides (Britton) S. F. Blake, J. Bot. 53: 200 (1915) = Oblivia mikanioides (Britton) Strother
Zexmenia mikanioides (Britton) S. F. Blake var. australis (S. F. Blake) Hartman & Stuessy, Syst. Bot. 4(1): 55
(1979) = Oblivia mikanioides (Britton) Strother
Zinnia L., nom. cons., Syst. Nat., ed. 10 : 1189, 1377 (1759).
Crassina Scepin, De Acido Veg. : 42 (1759)[1758], nom. rej. vs. Zinnia L. Type: Chrysogonum peruvianum L. =
Zinnia peruviana L.
Tragoceros Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 4 (ed. folio): 195 (1818). Type: Tragoceros
zinnioides Kunth = Zinnia zinnioides (Kunth) Olorode & Torres
Mendezia DC., Prodr. 5: 532 (1836). Type: Mendezia bicolor DC. = Zinnia bicolor (DC.) Hemsl.
Lejica Hill ex DC., prodr. 5: 534 (1836), nom. nud. pro syn. under Zinnia pauciflora L. = Zinnia peruviana L.
Diplothrix DC., Prodr. 5: 611 (1836). Type: not designated. Torres (1963: 5) incorrectly cited Zinnia grandiflora
Nutt. as the ‗type species‘ – this was clearly not one of the two species placed in the genus by de Candolle.
Zinnia L. sect. Diplothrix (DC.) A. Gray appears to have been lectotypified by Gray (1852) by Diplothrix
acerosa DC. = Zinnia acerosa (DC.) A. Gray
Anaitis DC., Prodr. 5: 628 (1836). Type: Anaitis acapulcensis DC. = Zinnia maritima Kunth
Zinnia L. sect. Diplothrix (DC.) A. Gray, Smiths. Contrib. Knowl. 3: 105 (1850).
Sanvitaliopsis Sch.Bip. ex Greenm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 4: 260 (1905). Type: Sanvitaliopsis liebmannii (Klatt)
Sch.Bip. ex Greenm. = Zinnia liebmannii Klatt
Zinnia L. subg. Diplothrix (DC.) Torres, Brittonia 15(1): 5 (1963).
Type: Zinnia peruviana L.
References
Robinson, B. L. & J. M. Greenman. (1897). III. Revision of the genus Zinnia. In: Contributions from the Gray
Herbarium of Harvard University, n.s. No. X., Proc. Amerc. Acad. Arts 32: 14–20.
Robinson, H. (2006). Zinnia. In: G. Harling & L. Andersson (eds), Flora of Ecuador, No. 77(2): 190(6).
Compositae-Heliantheae, Part II: genera M–Z. Botanical Institute, Göteborg University, Göteborg & Section
for Botany, Riksmuseum, Stockholm. pp. 222–226.
Torres, A. M. (1963). Taxonomy of Zinnia. Brittonia 15(1): 1–25.
Key to species
Capitula hemispherical; paleae fimbriately lobed; disc achenes awnless
Z. violacea
Capitula campanulate; paleae erose, rounded; disc achenes with single long awn
Z. peruviana
Zinnia australis F. Bailey, Queensland Dept. Agr. Bull. 9, Bot. [Bull.] 3: 14 (1891) = Zinnia violacea Cav.
Zinnia elegans Jacq., Ic. Pl. Rar. 3: t. 589 (1793) = Zinnia violacea Cav.
Zinnia hybrida Ruiz & Pav. ex Sims, Bot. Mag. 47 (n.s. 5): t. 2123 (1820) = Zinnia peruviana L.
Zinnia intermedia Engelm. in Wislizenius, Mem. Tour. N. Mex. : 107 (1848) = Zinnia peruviana L.
Zinnia leptopoda DC., Prodr. 5: 535 (1836) = Zinnia peruviana L.
Zinnia mendocina Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 36: 185 (1870) = Zinnia peruviana L.
Zinnia multiflora L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 2: 1269 (1763) = Zinnia peruviana L.
*Zinnia pauciflora L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 2: 1269 (1763), nom. illegit. = Zinnia peruviana L.
Zinnia peruviana L., Nat. Syst., ed. 10 : 1221 (1759). Type: ‗Habitat in Peru.‘ Lectotype (selected by Jeffrey in
Jarvis et al. 1993: 100): [icon] ‗Bidens calyce oblongo squamoso, seminibus radii corolla non decidua
coronatis‘ – Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 1: 43, t. 64 (1756) (right).
*Zinnia pauciflora L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 2: 1269 (1763), nom. illegit., replaced syn. of Z. peruviana.