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Zinnia elegans - Flower head - Click to enlarge!

Flower head; São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil; 5/2012 © Sonja Germer

Zinnia elegans - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil; 5/2012 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1954
Date of entry: 28.05.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Common zinnia

German: Zinnie

Portuguese: Zínia

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Asterales (229)

        Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)

          Genus: Zinnia (1)

            Epithet: elegans Jacq. (4)

elegans => graceful, neat, nice

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, red, orange

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