Zinnia pauciflora Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 1269. 1763, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Peru." RCN: 6423.

Replaced synonym: Zinnia peruviana L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Jeffrey in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 100. 1993): [icon] " Bidens calyce oblongo squamoso, seminibus radii corolla non decidua coronatis " in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 1: 43, t. 64. 1756.

Current name: Zinnia peruviana L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: An illegitimate replacement name for Z. peruviana L. (1759); see Torres (in Brittonia 15: 14. 1963).