Asteraceae

Bidens

Bidens triplinervia Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 182 (1818)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Mexico to Venezuela and Argentina (Córdoba, Jujuy). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
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Other data

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Belgium, Germany, India

Homotypic Synonyms

Bidens triplinervia var. typica Sherff in Brittonia 6: 340 (1948), not validly publ.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Bidens andicola var. decomposita Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 136 (1898)
Bidens andicola f. dissecta Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 85: 14 (1928)
Bidens andicola f. tarijensis (Sherff) Sherff in Brittonia 6: 340 (1948)
Bidens andicola var. tarijensis Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 85: 14 (1928)
Bidens artemisiifolia Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 49 (1843)
Bidens attenuata Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 61: 495 (1916)
Bidens canescens Bertol. in Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. 3: 138 (1840)
Bidens consolidifolia Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 24(I): 185 (1851)
Bidens crithmifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 183 (1818)
Bidens decomposita var. hirsutior C.B.Clarke in Compos. Ind.: 141 (1876)
Bidens delphiniifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 183 (1818)
Bidens geraniifolia Brandegee in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 6: 76 (1914)
Bidens glaberrima DC. in Prodr. 5: 601 (1836)
Bidens grandiflora var. breviloba Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 136 (1898)
Bidens grandiflora var. humilis (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 136 (1898)
Bidens hirtella Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 182 (1818)
Bidens humilis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 184 (1818)
Bidens humilis var. macrantha Wedd. in Chlor. Andina 1: 69 (1856)
Bidens humilis var. major Sch.Bip. in Linnaea 34: 528 (1866)
Bidens humilis var. tenuifolia Sch.Bip. ex Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 198 (1879)
Bidens macrantha Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 186 (1874)
Bidens mollis Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 49 (1843)
Bidens pectinata Sch.Bip. in Linnaea 34: 528 (1866), nom. nud.
Bidens pedunculata Phil. in Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2(Bot. 8): 49 (1891)
Bidens procumbens Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 182 (1818)
Bidens pusilla Sherff in Sida 1: 369 (1964)
Bidens serrata Pav. ex DC. in Prodr. 5: 597 (1836)
Bidens serratula Jard. in Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 5: 296 (1857), sphalm.
Bidens triplinervia var. boyocana Sherff in Bot. Leafl. 8: 24 (1953)
Bidens triplinervia var. eurymera Sherff in Amer. J. Bot. 38: 66 (1951)
Bidens triplinervia f. exaristata I.C.Chung in Phytologia 14: 321 (1967)
Bidens triplinervia var. hirtella (Kunth) Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 85: 13 (1928)
Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha (Wedd.) Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 80: 383 (1925)
Bidens triplinervia f. macrantha (Wedd.) Sherff in Brittonia 6: 341 (1948)
Bidens triplinervia var. mollis Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 80: 384 (1925)
Bidens triplinervia var. nematoidea Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 88: 287 (1929)
Bidens triplinervia f. octoradiata Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 92: 203 (1931)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Asterales

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Bidens triplinervia

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Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
Lizarazu, M.A., Beck, S.G., Fuentes, A. & Freire, S.E. (2024). A revision of Bidens (Asteraceae: Coreopsideae) from Bolivia. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 109: 163-207. MBG press.
Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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

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Adolphy, K. & al. (2021). Beiträge zur Flora Nordhein-Westfalens aus dem Jahr 2020. Jahrbuch des Bochumer Botanischen Vereins 12: 199-278.
Lizarazu, M.A., Beck, S.G., Fuentes, A. & Freire, S.E. (2024). A revision of Bidens (Asteraceae: Coreopsideae) from Bolivia. Annals from the Missouri Botanical Garden 109: 163-207. MBG press.
Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

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
Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
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
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Sep 1, 1940	Stock, H.E. ; Horton, O.B. [10836] Peru		K001479647		Yes
	s.coll [s.n] Bolivia		K001870303		Yes
	Merrill King, R.; Bishop, L.E. [7473] Bolivia		K001870313		Yes
	Buchtien, O. [s.n] Bolivia		K001870314		Yes
	Britton, N.L.; Rusby, H.H. [141] Bolivia		K001870276		Yes
	Savatier, L. [1291] Peru		K001870295		Yes
	Savatier, L. [s.n] Peru		K001870297		Yes
	Savatier, L. [1286] Peru		K001870296		Yes
	Cabrera, A.L.; Fabris, H.A. [13437] Peru		K001870298		Yes
	Vargas, C. [9848] Peru		K001870299		Yes
	Davis, W.; Franquemont, E.; Franquemont, C.; King, S.; Sperling, C. [1346] Peru		K001870300		Yes
	Camp, W.H. [2670] Mexico		K001870318		Yes
	McKee, H.S. [10935] Mexico		K001870317		Yes
	Sherff, E.E. [16] Bolivia		K001870316		Yes
	Godman, S.T. Guatemala		K001870320		Yes
	Holm-Nielsen, L.; Quintana, F. [24729] Ecuador		K001870322		Yes
	H. et al. [12371] Mexico		K001870319		Yes
	Lewis, G.P. [2567] Ecuador		K001870321		Yes
	Solomon, J.C. [16292] Bolivia		K001870325		Yes
	Costa Rica		K001870323		Yes
	Steinbach, J. [9793] Bolivia		K001870324		Yes
	Gomez, R. [s.n.] Guatemala		K003176092		Yes
	Chile		K000497410	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Killip, E.P. [6751] Colombia		K001479605		Yes
	Heironymus, G. [431] Argentina		K001870304		Yes
	Britton, N.L.; Rusby, H.H. [16] Bolivia		K001870302		Yes
	Sandeman, C. [3935] Peru		K001870301		Yes
	Steinbach, J. [9209] Bolivia		K001870310		Yes
	Steinbach, J. [9209] Bolivia		K001870309		Yes
	Burkart, A. [13944] Argentina		K001870307		Yes
	Grisebach Argentina		K001870308		Yes
	Burkart, A. [7765] Argentina		K001870306		Yes
	Miers, J. [886] Argentina		K001870305		Yes
	Rusby, H.H. [1688] Bolivia		K001870311		Yes
	Merrill King, R. Bishop, L.E. [7498] Bolivia		K001870312		Yes
	Beck, G. [18707] Bolivia		K001870315		Yes
	Jameson [693] Ecuador		K000373017	Type	Yes
	Meyer, F.G.; Rogers, D.J. [s.n.] Mexico		K003176090		Yes
	Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico		K003176091		Yes
	Clarke, C.B. [11207] India		K000373873	Type	Yes
	Bolivia (Cochabamba)		K001479589		Yes
	Bolivia (La Paz)		K001479590		Yes
	Bolivia (La Paz)		K001479591		Yes
	Bolivia (La Paz)		K001479592		Yes
	Bolivia (La Paz)		K001479593		Yes
	Bolivia (La Paz)		K001479594		Yes
	Bolivia (La Paz)		K001479595		Yes
	Colombia		K001479599		Yes
	Colombia		K001479600		Yes
	Colombia		K001479601		Yes
	Colombia		K001479602		Yes
	Colombia		K001479603		Yes
	Colombia		K001479604		Yes
	Colombia		K001479606		Yes
	Colombia		K001479607		Yes
	Colombia		K001479608		Yes
	Colombia		K001479609		Yes
	Colombia		K001479610		Yes
	Colombia		K001479611		Yes
	Colombia		K001479612		Yes
	Colombia		K001479613		Yes
	Colombia		K001479614		Yes
	Colombia		K001479615		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479617		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479618		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479619		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479620		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479621		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479622		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479623		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479624		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479625		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479626		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479627		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479628		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479629		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479630		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479631		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479632		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479633		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479634		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479635		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479636		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479637		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479638		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479639		Yes
	Ecuador		K001479640		Yes
	Peru		K001479641		Yes
	Peru		K001479642		Yes
	Peru		K001479643		Yes
	Peru		K001479644		Yes
	Peru		K001479645		Yes
	Peru		K001479646		Yes
	Peru		K001479647		Yes
	Peru		K001479648		Yes
	Peru		K001479649		Yes
	Peru		K001479650		Yes
	Peru		K001479651		Yes
	Peru		K001479652		Yes
	Peru		K001479653		Yes
	Peru		K001479654		Yes
	Peru		K001479655		Yes
	Peru		K001479656		Yes
	Peru		K001479657		Yes
	Peru		K001479658		Yes
	Peru		K001479659		Yes
	Venezuela		K001479671		Yes
	Venezuela		K001479672		Yes
	Bolivia (Cochabamba)		K001479729		Yes
	Coulter, T. [391] United States	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176110		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176108		Yes
	Spruce, R. [5049] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K001092414	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Spruce, R. [5049] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K000200564	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Tracy, J.H. [618] Colombia	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K001479598		Yes
	Salvin, O. [s.n.] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176117		Yes
	Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176115		Yes
	Rodrigo, A.P. [575] Argentina	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176363		Yes
	Spruce, R. [5048] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K000200561	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Spruce, R. [5049] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K000200563	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Hawkes, J.G.; Hjerting, J.P.; Lester, R.N. [1763] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176118		Yes
	Hinton, G.B.; et al. [11116] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176107		Yes
	Palmer, E. (Dr) [1117] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176116		Yes
	Mairet, E.M. [111] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176111		Yes
	Spruce, R. [5048] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K001092415	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Spruce, R. [5894] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K000200565	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Spruce, R. [5894] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K000200566	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Cabrera, A.L.; Solbrig, O.T.; Torres, M.A.; Vuillemier, B. [16559] Argentina	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176362		Yes
	Coulter, T. [381] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176109		Yes
	Spruce, R. [5048] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K000200562	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Reveal, J.; Peterson, K.M.; Harley, R.M.; Broome, C.R. [4322] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. macrantha	K003176114		Yes
	Bernoulli, G. [155] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176098		Yes
	Degener, O.; Degener, I. [26546] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176104		Yes
	Heyde; Lux [s.n.]	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K001739598		Yes
	Coulter, T. [392] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176094		Yes
	Salvin, O. [s.n.] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176101		Yes
	Palmer, E. [2062] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176097		Yes
	Gomez, R. [s.n.] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176105		Yes
	von Türckheim, H. [s.n.] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176099		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176095		Yes
	Salvin; Godman [74] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176106		Yes
	Palmer, E. [358] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176096		Yes
	Spruce, R. [5047] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K000200568	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	Coulter, T. [392] Mexico	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176093		Yes
	Spruce, R. [5047] Ecuador	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K000200567	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	s.coll. [1608] Guatemala	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176100		Yes
	Degener, O.; Degener, I. [26654 b] United States	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176102		Yes
	Degener, O.; Degener, I. [26654] United States	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K003176103		Yes
	Peru	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K000325902		Yes
	Peru	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K000325906		Yes
	Peru	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K000325949		Yes
	Peru	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K000325955		Yes
	Colombia	Bidens triplinervia var. mollis	K001479616		Yes
	Smith, H.H. [1980] Colombia	Bidens triplinervia var. nematoidea	K001479596		Yes
	Pedersen, T.M. [s.n.] Argentina	Bidens andicola var. decomposita	K003176361		Yes

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Bidens triplinervia Kunth

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Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Other Data

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Bidens triplinervia Kunth

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Kew Backbone Distributions

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (154 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index