What is "sanvitalia"

The creeping zinnias ( genus Sanvitalia ) 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.

| url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10705
| title = Genus: Sanvitalia Lam.
| accessdate = 2008-06-23
| author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
| authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
| date = 1996-09-17
| work = Taxonomy for Plants
| publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland
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1. Sanvitalia abertii A.Gray - Abert's creeping zinnia - Mexico ( Sonora), southwestern United States ( CA NV AZ NM TX)
2. Sanvitalia acapulcensis (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. - Guerrero
3. Sanvitalia angustifolia Engelm. ex A.Gray - Coahuila, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí; introduced in western Texas
4. Sanvitalia fruticosa Hemsl. - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guanajuato
5. Sanvitalia ocymoides DC. -- yellow creeping zinnia - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Texas
6. 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
7. 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.