Andrews, H.C. (1801), The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants 3: t. 189 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "It is a native of Mexico, South America, and was introduced ... about the year 1789 by Mons. Richard, from the Paris gardens ..."

Holtze, M. (1892), Introduced plants in the Northern Territory. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 15: 2 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Zinnia verticellata A.D.Chapm. orth. var.

• APC Comment: An American taxon recorded by M.Holtze, Trans. Proc. Rep. Royal Soc. S. Australia 15: 2 (1892) but not known to occur in Australia.

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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