Asteraceae
Bidens

Bidens ugandensis (S.Moore) Sherff

First published in Bot. Gaz. 59: 309 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cameroon to South Sudan and Tanzania. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 467 (1974).
  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 218, t. 90 (1994).
  • Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 157 (1991).
  • Mesfin in Kew Bulletin 48: 466 (1993).
  • Mesfin in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 24, 1: 98, fig. 49, 50 (1984).
  • Sherff in Bot. Gaz. 59: 309 (1915)
  • Sherff in Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 16: 583, fig. 159 (1937).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1993 Lugard, E.J. [K4] Kenya K000311743 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1987 Rogers, F.A. [10046] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000410538 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Chandler [939] Uganda K000410561 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Schweinfurth, G. [27] Ethiopia K000410532 Type Yes
Chater-Jack [324] Kenya K000311742 Type No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [7520] Uganda K000410560 Isotype Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [278] South Sudan K002509205 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • '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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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