Asteraceae
Bidens

Bidens laevis (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

First published in Prelim. Cat.: 29 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New World. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Brazil South, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Virginia, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Italy

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

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.
  • 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
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • 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?
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil K001103530 Yes
Andrieux, G. [312] Mexico K002483081 Yes
Nash, G., V. [2336] United States K001065523 Type Yes
Hassler, E. [1474] Paraguay K003176257 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [510] Mexico K002483080 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002482912 Yes
Baker, C., F. [3727] United States K001065524 Type Yes
Moldenke, H. [139] United States K002482925 Yes
Ahles, H.E.; Duke, J.A. [51148] United States K002482922 Yes
de Witt Miller, W. [1411] United States K002482919 Yes
Parish, S.B.; Parish, W.F. [183] United States K002482933 Yes
Tracey, J.A.; Bernard, E.R. [77] Colombia K001482580 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K002483083 Yes
Beechey [s.n.] United States K002482911 Yes
[Mariet] [[105]] Mexico K002483077 Yes
Hartman, C.V. [95] Mexico K002483088 Yes
Forbes, C.N. [534 Mo] K002508479 Yes
Palmer, E. [291] Mexico K002483084 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [147] Mexico K002483076 Yes
s.coll. [1277] Mexico K002483086 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Tilleria, T. [37783] Paraguay K003176256 Yes
Palmer, E. [239] Mexico K002483085 Yes
Mackenzie [s.n.] Mexico K002483082 Yes
Arsene, B.G. [3157] Mexico K002483087 Yes
Hassler, E. (Dr.) [12378] Paraguay K003176258 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [510] Mexico K002483079 Yes
Zardini, E.M.; Guerrero, L. [36219] Paraguay K003176255 Yes
Colombia K001482577 Yes
Colombia K001482578 Yes
Colombia K001482579 Yes
Ecuador K001482581 Yes
Ecuador K001482582 Yes
Heliopsis laevis K001484111 Yes
Heliopsis laevis K001484111 Yes
Cult. Heliopsis laevis K001484112 Yes
Cult. Heliopsis laevis K001484113 Yes
Cult. Heliopsis laevis K001484114 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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