Asteraceae
Bidens

Bidens bipinnata L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 832 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Canada to Central & E. U.S.A. and Arizona. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses, as animal food, a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Assam, Baltic States, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Guinea, Hainan, Haiti, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Asteraceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico 21: 1-616. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Mao, A.A., Odyuo, N., Verma, D. & Singh, P. (2017). Checklist of Flora of Nagaland: 1-196. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Chev. Bot. 373, partly (Guinée specimens)
  • F.T.A. 3: 393
  • Sherff in Publ. Field Mus. 16: 366, t. 89.
  • Sp. Pl. 832 (1753)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/26958715. epublication.
  • Chou, S., Chhnang, P. & Kim, Y. (2016). A Checklist for the Seed Plants of Cambodia: 1-272. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Mao, A.A., Odyuo, N., Verma, D. & Singh, P. (2017). Checklist of Flora of Nagaland: 1-196. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Ulian, T., Sacandé, M., Hudson, A., & Mattana, E. (2017). Conservation of indigenous plants to support community livelihoods: the MGU–Useful Plants Project. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60:668-683.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hanson, C.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002497288 Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] K002497407 Yes
Lowe, R.T. [s.n.] K002497408 Yes
Trudgen, M.; Trudgen, M.; Deluca, S. [MET12493] Australia K002497984 Yes
Forde, N. [109] Australia K002497996 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [1] K002497639 Yes
Ricketts, V.I. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002497297 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [6426] Australia K002497992 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002497302 Yes
Kenneally, K.F. [9834] Australia K002497993 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [W/830] United Kingdom K002497294 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [9194] Australia K002497988 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001103531 Yes
Souza, V.C.; Souza, J.P.; Duarte, A.R.; Mazine, F.F. [14408] Brazil K001103534 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002497305 Yes
Shabetai, J.R. [s.n.] Egypt K002497377 Yes
[H. J. Muree] [377] K002497637 Yes
R.T.L. [s.n.] K001739841 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003176367 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [491] Brazil K001103525 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [7062] United Kingdom K002497291 Yes
Bolles, C. [1851] Cabo Verde K002497409 Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Australia K002497999 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] K002497306 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [W/2903] United Kingdom K002497296 Yes
Westrup, A.W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002497293 Yes
Souza, V.C. [15322] Brazil K001103536 Yes
Stocks, J.E. [608] Pakistan K001065487 Unknown Type Material Yes
Forster, P.I. [PIF6699] Australia K002497989 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2761] Botswana K001600913 Yes
Ramsay, C.B. [s.n.] India K002497641 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [2251] United Kingdom K002497298 Yes
Baron, R. [99] Madagascar K002481762 Yes
Darwin, C. [382] Chile K000648972 No
Tweedie Argentina K000648971 No
s.coll. [1313] K002497647 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [1] K002497634 Yes
Chippendale, G. [7645] Australia K002497985 Yes
Projekttean [[93-114]] Nepal K002497648 Yes
Lowe, J. [4092] Brazil K001103523 Yes
Collett, H. [s.n.] India K002497643 Yes
Champion, J.G. [234] Hong Kong K002497636 Yes
Woods, J. [s.n.] France K002497303 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002497644 Yes
Milliken, W. [2215] Brazil K001103539 Yes
Lima, A. [1292] Brazil K001103527 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [85] India K002497635 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002497642 Yes
Henderson, R.J. [H1664] Australia K002497995 Yes
Dony, J.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002497290 Yes
Facchini, D. [s.n.] K002497307 Yes
Johnson, R.W. [5048] Australia K002497987 Yes
Dusén, P. [9432] Brazil K001103528 Yes
Souza, V.C. [15698] Brazil K001103535 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [9474] United Kingdom K002497292 Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Australia K002498000 Yes
[B. Rausnan] [s.n.] Austria K002497300 Yes
Hara, H.; Kanai, H.; Kurosawa, S.; Murata, G.; Togashi, M. [[6304124]] Nepal K002497649 Yes
Hardy, T. [135] Guyana K003176254 Yes
Palmer, J. [222] Australia K002497990 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002497645 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [W/1295] United Kingdom K002497295 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003176377 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002497640 Yes
Souza, V.C.; Souza, J.P.; Astorino, A.; Rezende, M.M. [15446] Brazil K001103537 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K002497646 Yes
Wallich, N. [3188] K001065484 Isosyntype Yes
Chippendale, G. [7930] Australia K002497997 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [9078] Brazil K001103524 Yes
Dusén, P. [9433] Brazil K001103529 Yes
Diomède [s.n.] France K002497301 Yes
Milliken, W. [2290] Brazil K001103538 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [2106] United Kingdom K002497289 Yes
Thomson, T. [380] India K002497638 Yes
Gardner, C.A. [3294[B]] Australia K002497998 Yes
Clarkson, J.R. [5715] Australia K002497994 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [491] Brazil K001103526 Yes
Grabmayr, V. [s.n.] Austria K002497299 Yes
Lazarides, M. [7947] Australia K002497986 Yes
[H. R. Brown] [s.n.] Australia K002498001 Yes
Rigo, G. [s.n.] Italy K002497304 Yes
Ellsmann [s.n.] K002497308 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3188] Nepal Bidens decomposita K001118745 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3188] India Bidens decomposita K001118747 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3188] Bidens decomposita K001118746 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3188] Bangladesh Bidens decomposita K001118748 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cowan, J.M. [s.n.] India Bidens pilosa var. bipinnata K002497651 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India Bidens pilosa var. bipinnata K002497650 Yes

Sources

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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0