Galapagos Species Database

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Zinnia peruviana (L.) L.

mal de ojo, peruvian zinnia

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Asterales

Family
Asteraceae

Genus
Zinnia

Species
peruviana

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chrysogonum peruvianum L.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1977

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Adsersen, H. (1989) The Rare Plants of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and their Conservation. Biol. Conservation 47(1): 49-77.
  • Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Field notes, 1974 and 1977 collections Charles darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
  • Flores, E. (1985) Censo de Plantas Introducidas desde el Canal de Itabaca hasta Puerto Ayora. Tesis de Ingeniero Forestal, Univ. Técnica Luis Vargas Torres, Esmeraldas: 1-132.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (s.a.) Pers. obs. field notes, collections 1985-7.
  • Nash, D.L. (1976) Tribe III, Astereae. In: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (eds.): Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 128–164, 483–495.
  • Nash, D.L. (1976) Tribe V, Heliantheae. In: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (eds.): Flora of Guatemal a - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 181–361, 503–570.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Zinnia peruviana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=365. Accessed 2 November 2026.