Chrysogonum peruvianum Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2 : 920. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C)
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Chrysogonum peruvianumLinnaeus, Species Plantarum2: 920. 1753.
"Habitat in Peru. D. Jussieu." RCN: 6423.
Type not designated.
Original material: [icon] in Feuillee, J. Obs. 2: 766, t. 50. 1714.
Note:The only extant original element is the Feuilleeplate which appears to be "a wedelioid plant and definitely not a" Zinnia(Jeffrey, pers. comm., 15 Oct 1992). The name is not the basionym of Zinnia peruvianaL. (1759).