CHR 592603 – Zinnia elegans Jacq.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 592603
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 November 2007
Database record updated:
20 March 2008
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Zinnia elegans
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-01-29 (Verbatim: 29 1 2002)
Preferred name:
Zinnia elegans Jacq.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
[Unknown]
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Botanic Gardens
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 23/02
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
28 1 2002
Start date:
2002-01-28
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated
Notes:
Herb, ± erect. Peduncles hollow, somewhat inflated distally. Capitula to 7 cm across rays; receptacle narrow conical; phyllaries with dark margins. Rays in 2 rows, each ray limb c. 2.5 x 1.3 cm, ± oblong, deep crimson above, fading to purplish; beneath pale pinkish or green-flushed; claw very short; rays sterile (abortive female). Disc to 2.5 cm across, brownish-yellow or orange. Receptacle scales < florets; apex dark and fimbriate. Ray achenes c. 10 mm long, grey, subtrigonous. Disc achenes similar but smaller.
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