Characteristics
Dicots
Bidens pilosa L.
SPANISH NEEDLES
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Some specimens in the West Indies appear to have some achenes with three awns, some with only two awns, and some with a reduced third awn (e.g. Franck et al. 3757, Proctor 26315).
Not Native
FAC (NWPL)
FAC (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
BIDENS PILOSA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 832. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 975.8). Lectotypified by D'Arcy, in Woodson & Schery, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 62: 1178. 1975.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Synonyms
Synonym
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Basionym
Type
Bidens adhaerescens
Bidens adhaerescens Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 348. 1829 ("1825").
TYPE: BRAZIL:
Bidens californica
Bidens californica de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 599. 1836.
TYPE: CALIFORNIA: Without data, Douglas 56 (holotype: G-DC; isotype: G).
Bidens hirsuta
Bidens hirsuta Nuttall, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 7: 369. 1841, non Swartz 1788.
Bidens leucantha var. pilosa
Bidens leucantha Willdenow, var. pilosa (Linnaeus) Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 155. 1866.
BASIONYM: Bidens pilosa Linnaeus 1753.
Bidens pilosa forma discoidea
Bidens pilosa Linnaeus, forma discoidea Schultz Bipontinus, in Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2(2)): 242. 1844, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Bidens pilosa Linnaeus 1753.
Bidens pilosa subvar. discoidea
Bidens pilosa Linnaeus, subvar. discoidea (Schultz Bipontinus) Pitard, in Pitard & Proust, Iles Canaries 226. 1909, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Bidens leucantha Willdenow, forma discoidea Schultz Bipontinus 1844; Bidens pilosa Linnaeus, forma discoidea Schultz Bipontinus 1844, nom. inadmiss.; Bidens pilosa Linnaeus 1753.
Bidens reflexa
Bidens reflexa Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 306. 1822.
TYPE: MEXICO: Cult. in Berlin,
Kerneria pilosa
Kerneria pilosa (Linnaeus) Lowe, Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 474. 1868.
BASIONYM: Bidens pilosa Linnaeus 1753.
Kerneria pilosa var. discoidea
Kerneria pilosa (Linnaeus) Lowe, var. discoidea (Schultz Bipontinus) Lowe, Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 474. 1868, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Bidens leucantha Willdenow, forma discoidea Schultz Bipontinus 1844; Bidens pilosa Linnaeus, forma discoidea Schultz Bipontinus 1844, nom. inadmiss.; Bidens pilosa Linnaeus 1753.
Kerneria tetragona
Kerneria tetragona Moench, Methodus 505. 1794, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Bidens pilosa Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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