Sanvitalia

Sanvitalia
Sanvitalia
Sanvitalia procumbens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Sanvitalia
Lam. 1792
Type species
Sanvitalia procumbens
Species

See text.
Sources: ING,[1] IPNI1,[2] IPNI2,[3]

The creeping zinnias (genus Sanvitalia /ˌsænvɨˈteɪliə/)[4] are four or five species belonging to the family Asteraceae and native to Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America,Northwest China (Province Xin Jiang). [5][6]

The original descriptions of this genus was by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck using samples provided by "M. Gualteri".[2][3]

Species

  • Sanvitalia abertii A.Gray - Abert's creeping zinnia
  • Sanvitalia angustifolia Engelm. ex A. Gray
  • Sanvitalia fruticosa Hemsl.
  • Sanvitalia ocymoides DC. -- yellow creeping zinnia
  • Sanvitalia procumbens Lam. - Mexican creeping zinnia

Sources: GRIN,[7] FNA,[5] UniProt[8]

References

  1. ^ "Sanvitalia". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Sanvitalia. Retrieved 2008-06-23. 
  2. ^ a b International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=10911-1. Retrieved 2008-06-23. 
  3. ^ a b International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=30204763-2. Retrieved 2008-06-23. 
  4. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
  5. ^ a b Strother, John L.. "265. Sanvitalia Lamarck". Flora of North America (New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press) 21: Page 64, 65, 70. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=129155. Retrieved 2008-06-23. 
  6. ^ "Sanvitalia procumbens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38358. Retrieved 23 June 2008. 
  7. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1996-09-17). "Genus: Sanvitalia Lam.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10705. Retrieved 2008-06-23. 
  8. ^ UniProt. "Sanvitalia" (HTML). http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/53733. Retrieved 2008-06-23. 

External links

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