Dahlia pinnata Cav.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Bidens variabilis Baill.; Coreopsis crassifolia Sessé & Moc.; Coreopsis georgina Cass.; Dahlia astrantiiflora G.Don; Dahlia mexicana Anon.; Dahlia nana Andrews; Dahlia pinnata var. nana Andrews; Dahlia pinnata var. variabilis (Desf.) Voss; Dahlia purpurea Poir.; Dahlia purpurea var. flavescens (DC.) Poir.; Dahlia purpurea var. lilacina (DC.) Poir.; Dahlia purpurea var. pallida (DC.) Poir.; Dahlia purpurea var. rubra (DC.) Poir.; Dahlia pusilla Zucc. ex DC.; Dahlia rosea Cav.; Dahlia royleana Knowles & Westc.; Dahlia sambucifolia Salisb.; Dahlia sphondyliifolia Salisb.; Dahlia superflua (DC.) W.T.Aiton; Dahlia variabilis Desf.; Georgia variabilis Spreng.; Georgina astrantiiflora Sweet; Georgina purpurea Willd.; Georgina rosea (Cav.) Willd.; Georgina superflua DC.; Georgina superflua var. flavescens DC.; Georgina superflua var. lilacina DC.; Georgina superflua var. pallida DC.; Georgina superflua var. purpurea DC.; Georgina superflua var. rubra DC.; Georgina variabilis Willd.; Georgina variabilis var. lilacina (DC.) Willd.; Georgina variabilis var. pallida (DC.) Willd.; Georgina variabilis var. purpurea (DC.) Willd.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dahlia pinnata Cav.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Commonly cultivated as most popular garden plants.
  • Key identification features : Roots tuberous
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Nanded district, Latur district, Parbhani district, Jalna district, Beed district, Hingoli district, Osmanabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Mexico
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Mexico
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 155
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dahlia pinnata. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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