Linnaeus, C. (1763), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2: 1269 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Peru."

Bailey, F.M. (1912), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 28(4): 278 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 271 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Zinnia multiflora L. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 88 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Zinnia peruviana (L.) L. legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 553 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Zinnia peruviana (L.) L. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Zinnia peruviana (L.) L. legitimate

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Trib. Heliantheae Subtrib. 5. Zinniinae. Flora of Australia 37: 549 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Zinnia peruviana (L.) L. legitimate

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