Sanvitalia

creeping zinnias
Sanvitalia procumbens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Sanvitalia Lam. 1792
Type species
Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.
Synonyms[1][2] IPNI1,[3] IPNI2,[4]
Laurentia Steud. Lorentea Ortega

The creeping zinnias (genus Sanvitalia /ˌsænvᵻˈteɪliə/)^[5] are plants belonging to the sunflower family. They are native to mostly to Mexico, with a few species in Central America, South America, and the Southwestern United States.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Species^{[1][11][8][12][13][14]}

1. Sanvitalia abertii A.Gray - Abert's creeping zinnia - Mexico (Sonora), southwestern USA (CA NV AZ NM TX)
2. Sanvitalia acapulcensis (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. - Guerrero
3. Sanvitalia angustifolia Engelm. ex A.Gray - Coahuila, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí; introduced in western Texas
4. Sanvitalia fruticosa Hemsl. - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guanajuato
5. Sanvitalia ocymoides DC. -- yellow creeping zinnia - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Texas
6. Sanvitalia procumbens Lam. - Mexican creeping zinnia - Mexico from Chihuahua to Chiapas; Central America; naturalized in scattered locations in Europe, East Asia, South America, and United States
7. Sanvitalia versicolor Griseb. - Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina

Note: Sanvitalia speciosa is a term commonly used in the horticultural trade, but this is not a validly published name. Many specimens so labelled are not even Sanvitalia, and is most likely Melampodium.^[15]

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. "Sanvitalia". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
3. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
4. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
5. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
6. Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1792. Journal d'Histoire Naturelle 2: 176–178 in French
7. Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1792. Journal d'Histoire Naturelle 2: plate 33 line drawing of Sanvitalia procumbens
8. Strother, John L. "265. Sanvitalia Lamarck". Flora of North America (New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press) 21: Page 64, 65, 70. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
9. "Sanvitalia procumbens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
10. Tropicos, Sanvitalia Lam.
11. 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. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
12. UniProt. "Sanvitalia". Retrieved 2008-06-23.
13. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
14. Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F..
15. UHER, J.: Sanvitalia speciosa in the horticultural trade: unknown origin, uncertain identity but no Sanvitalia. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2012, LX, No. 6, pp. 339–342

External links

Media related to Sanvitalia at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Sanvitalia at Wikispecies

• "Sanvitalia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
• "Sanvitalia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2008-06-23.