Sanvitalia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Zinniinae
Genus: Sanvitalia
Species: S. acapulcensis – S. abertii – S. angustifolia – S. fruticosa – S. ocymoides – S. procumbens – S. versicolor
Name

Sanvitalia Lam.

Type species: Sanvitalia procumbens Lam.
Synonyms

Laurentia Steud.
Lorentea Ortega

References

Lamarck, J.-B. 1792. Journal d'Histoire Naturelle.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Sanvitalia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 13 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Sanvitalia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 13.
Tropicos.org 2018. Sanvitalia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 13.
Hassler, M. 2018. Sanvitalia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Feb. 13. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lam. in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: Sanvitalia.
Sanvitalia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Husarenknöpfe
English: Creeping zinnia
suomi: Huovinkukat
русский: Санвиталия

The creeping zinnias (genus Sanvitalia /ˌsænvɪˈteɪliə/)[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][8][11][12][13][14]

Sanvitalia abertii A.Gray - Abert's creeping zinnia - Mexico (Sonora), southwestern United States (CA NV AZ NM TX)
Sanvitalia acapulcensis (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. - Guerrero
Sanvitalia angustifolia Engelm. ex A.Gray - Coahuila, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí; introduced in western Texas
Sanvitalia fruticosa Hemsl. - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guanajuato
Sanvitalia ocymoides DC. -- yellow creeping zinnia - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Texas
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
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

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
"Sanvitalia". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
"Sanvitalia". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://www.ipni.org/n/30204763-2. Retrieved 2008-06-23. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1792. Journal d'Histoire Naturelle 2: 176–178 in French
Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. 1792. Journal d'Histoire Naturelle 2: plate 33 line drawing of Sanvitalia procumbens
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.
"Sanvitalia procumbens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
Tropicos, Sanvitalia Lam.
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.
UniProt. "Sanvitalia". Retrieved 2008-06-23.
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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..
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