Bidens L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 831 (1753), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Cook Is., Cyprus, Egypt, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Gulf of Guinea Is., Kazan-retto, Kermadec Is., Laos, Libya, Line Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malaya, Maldives, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Niue, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Selvagens, Seychelles, Sinai, South Australia, South China Sea, Swaziland, Tuamotu, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Victoria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of Iraq

  • L. Gen. Pl.: 840 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 831 (1753)
  • Panero in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 411 [2006] (2007)
  • Patricia Halliday (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Sherff in Publ. Field Mus. 16 (1937).
  • —F.T.A. 3: 392

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by Mesfin Tadesse [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Mesfin Tadesse in Kew Bull. 48: 437–516 (1993).
  • Mesfin Tadesse in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 24: 1–138 (1984)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl.: 362 (1754)
  • Mesfin in K.B. 48: 437–516 (1993)
  • Sp. Pl.: 831 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2022 Simbiano, F.J.; Diabaté, M.; Konaté, L. [488] Guinea K001970285 No
Jan 1, 2022 Simbiano, F.J.; Diabaté, M.; Konaté, L. [429] Guinea K001970303 No
Jan 1, 2008 Mwachala, G. [3141] Kenya K000612510 Yes
Apr 1, 2002 Mattos Silva, L.A.; Brito, H.S. [658] Brazil K000053634 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Zapfack, L. [1199] Cameroon K000746873 Yes
Oct 1, 1996 Silva, G.P.; Medeiros, A.C.S.; Way, M. [2423] Brazil K000053640 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Queiroz, L.P.; Lemos, M.J.S. [1028] Brazil K000053639 Yes
Oct 1, 1993 Britto, K.B. [59] Brazil K000053641 Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Schimper [1236] Ethiopia K000410520 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Schimper [1236] Ethiopia K000410521 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1987 Schimper [1236] Ethiopia K000410519 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Martin, W.N.R. [202] Kenya K000311734 Holotype No
Jan 1, 1984 Newbould, J.B. [3378] Kenya K000312348 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Bally, P.R.O. [B5616] Kenya K000311732 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Martin, W.N.R. [202] Kenya K000311733 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1983 unknown [6008] Burundi K000410535 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1952 Adamson, J. [66in] Kenya K000312350 Yes
Jan 4, 1925 Beechey, F., W. [s.n.] Hawaii K001065532 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fr. G. Arsène [8709] Mexico K003176157 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [s.n.] United States K002482929 Yes
Abeid, Y.S.; Machaga, S.; Mkosabei, N. [3167] Tanzania K001890949 Yes
Tetlow, S.L.; Taylor, C. [39] Peru K001870285 Yes
Fleming, V. [100] Ecuador K001870346 Yes
Abeid, Y.S. [3680] Tanzania K001890716 Yes
Averyanov, L.; et al. [VH5464] Vietnam K001871808 No
Funk, V.A.; Cracraft, J. [3389] Peru K001925495 No
Bourgeau, E. [956] Mexico K003176122 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q. [17498] Kenya K001872725 No
Bourgeau [s.n.] K002482865 Yes
Schaffner [187] Mexico K003176123 Yes
Luke, P.A.; Luke, Q.; Butynski, T.; Ehardt, C.; Jones, T. [8466] Tanzania K002481260 Yes
Hoogland, R.D.; Pullen, R. [6153] Papua New Guinea K002497980 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001107862 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [11480] Brazil K001107865 Yes
Hale, J. [s.n.] K002482908 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002508769 Yes
Vasey, G. [s.n.] United States K002482923 Yes
Palmer, E. [633] United States K002482928 Yes
Degener, O.; Ordonez, E. [12609] Hawaii K001065542 Isotype Yes
Bourgeau, M. [954] Mexico K003176126 Yes
Fr. G. Arsène [8483] Mexico K003176159 Yes
Peter, G.A. [37664] K002481261 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] K002482864 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H.; St. John, H. [8211] Canada K002482902 Yes
Hummel, D. [s.n.] China K002497630 Yes
Degener, O.; Wiebke, H. [2680] Hawaii K001065536 Isotype Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K002482862 Yes
Ash [53] Ethiopia K:SPC-40082.000 No
Moldenke, H. [240] United States K002482913 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003176369 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3190] K001118755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Meebold, L. [s.n.] K002497174 Yes
Degener, O.; Degener, I.; Fleming, W. [25108] Hawaii K001065531 Type Yes
Burchell [8732] Brazil K000955728 Yes
Soakai, E. [897] Tonga K002498135 Yes
Glaziou, A. [18315] Brazil K001107860 Yes
s.coll. [605] Brazil K001107859 Yes
Aguilar, M.H. [231] Guatemala K002483070 Yes
Carr, C.E. [13213] Papua New Guinea K002497982 Yes
Salvin; Godman [294] Guatemala K002483066 Yes
Mwangoka, M.A.; Kidanka, J. [5182] Tanzania K002481258 Yes
Warren, E.M. [s.n.] Canada K002482869 Yes
Goldie, J. [s.n.] Canada K001065518 Syntype Yes
Anderson, W.R. [6254] Brazil K001107870 Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [4669] Papua New Guinea K002497975 Yes
Rousseau, J. [35596] Canada K002482881 Yes
Kalf; Janan; Wedad; Hana [913] Iraq K002497396 Yes
Rwaburindore, P.K. [5455] Uganda K002481259 Yes
Burchell [8805] Brazil K000955727 Yes
Komarov, V. [1535] China K001065488 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bush, B.F. [165] United States K002482895 Yes
[P. Kortright] [1937] Guyana K003176420 No
Boott [s.n.] K002482854 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1122] Yemen K002497398 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [23930] United States K002482891 Yes
Tonduz, A. [s.n.] Costa Rica K002483050 Yes
Womersley; Hoogland; Taylor [4933] Papua New Guinea K002497981 Yes
Nitta, K.; Degener, O.; Wiebke, H. [3176] United States K002508750 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [23930] United States K002482893 Yes
Carr, C.E. [11150] Papua New Guinea K002497976 No
Hinton, G.B. [1889] Mexico K003176128 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [s.n.] United States K002482927 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [3352] Costa Rica K002483053 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1705] Mexico K003176127 Yes
Ash [1268] Ethiopia K:SPC-35647.000 No
Tonduz, A. [13600] Costa Rica K002483051 Yes
Hummel, D. [3002] China K002497631 Yes
Drummond [266] K002482858 Yes
van Royen, P. [10181] United States K002508746 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [12318] Brazil K001107856 Yes
Harley, R.M. [54427] Brazil K001133343 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002482899 Yes
Bulmer, C. [s.n.] United States K002508744 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001107878 Yes
Tonduz, A. [s.n.] Costa Rica K002483049 Yes
Jordan, A. [s.n.] France K001065493 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond [s.n.] K002482857 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [34372] Brazil K001107857 Yes
Degener, O. [19575] Hawaii K001065535 Type Yes
Degener, O. [19575] Hawaii K001065534 Topotype Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K002483064 Yes
Nitta, K.; Degener, O.; Wiebe, H. [3176] United States K002508751 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F. [28389] K002482903 Yes
Bulmer, C. [s.n.] United States K002508743 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K003176125 Yes
Florence, J. [4928] French Polynesia K002508308 Yes
[Whited] [s.n.] United States K002482860 Yes
Donnell Smith, J. [s.n.] Guatemala K002483067 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3187] K001118743 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinitz [s.n.] K002482906 Yes
Bush, B.F. [9984] United States K002482894 Yes
Leiberg, J.B. [689] United States K002482930 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002482924 Yes
Blake, S.F. [5470] Canada K002482878 Yes
Degener, O.; Ordonez; Salucop [12401] United States K002508752 Yes
Jordan, C.T, A. [s.n.] France K001065490 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [605] Brazil K001107858 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] K002482856 Yes
Eggert, H. [s.n.] K002482863 Yes
Bryan Jr., E.H. [1444] United States K002508753 Yes
Licent, A.E. [s.n.] China K002497632 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [1705] Mexico K003176129 Yes
França, F. [3835] Brazil K001031893 Yes
Baker, C.F. [2121] Nicaragua K002483074 Yes
Carr, C.E. [11749] Papua New Guinea K002497978 Yes
Forbes, C.N. [523[mo]] United States K002508747 Yes
von Tuerckheim, H. [s.n.] Guatemala K002483068 Yes
Fr. G. Arsène [[2414]] Mexico K003176130 Yes
Smith, A. [P2324] Costa Rica K002483054 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [25262] Brazil K001107871 Yes
Harris [s.n.] Brazil K001107879 Yes
Pedley, L. [4801] Australia K002498032 Yes
Degener, O.; Murashige [19742] Hawaii K001065539 Type Yes
Boott, F. [1819] United States K002482859 Yes
King, R.M. [8315] Brazil K001107867 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Svenson, H.K. [s.n.] United States K002482917 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3190] K001118758 Unknown Type Material Yes
Endres, M. [45] Costa Rica K002483047 Yes
Graham [49] Mexico K003176121 Yes
Rousseau, J. [35634] Canada K002482880 Yes
Wood, K.R. [10140] French Polynesia K002498106 No
Moses [s.n.] K002482900 Yes
B.D.G. [s.n.] United States K002482909 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K002482876 Yes
Tate [s.n.] Mexico K003176119 Yes
Butler, T. [s.n.] France K002497132 Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [887] United States K002482926 Yes
Kearney Jr, T.H. [475] United States K002482907 Yes
Sartwell [s.n.] K002482921 Yes
Malbranche [1266] France K002497131 Yes
Rousseau, J. [35609] Canada K002482879 Yes
Pereira, E. [9026] Brazil K001107863 Yes
Sorensen, T.; Larsen, K.; Hansen, B. [3873] Thailand K002497840 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] China K002497633 Yes
Macoun [745] K002482872 Yes
Lundell, C.L. [s.n.] Belize K002483045 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3190] India K001118757 Unknown Type Material Yes
Irwin, H.S. [32792] Brazil K001107872 Yes
Baker, C.F. [2214] Nicaragua K002483073 Yes
Degener, O.; Greenwell, A. [21892] Hawaii K001065533 Isotype Yes
Soakai, E. [875] Tonga K002498134 Yes
Fransén, S. [s.n.] K002482910 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Svenson, H.K. [s.n.] United States K002482918 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] United States K002482916 Yes
Florence, J. [2322] French Polynesia K002508312 Yes
van Royen, P. [10157] United States K002508745 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [500] Belize K002483044 Yes
Macoun [746] K002482871 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1234] Yemen K002497399 Yes
Fr. G. Arsène [8483] Mexico K003176160 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] K002497433 No
Smith, J.M.B. [ANU15205] Papua New Guinea K002497983 Yes
Smitinand, T.; St. John, H. [6835] Thailand K002497839 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3187] Nepal K001118741 Unknown Type Material Yes
von Tuerckheim, H. [297] Guatemala K002483069 Yes
Gillett, J.M. [10685] Canada K002482873 Yes
Florence, J. [8275] French Polynesia K002508311 Yes
Brunner [219] K002497434 No
Bogusch, E.R. [2592] United States K002482931 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3190] K001118756 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K001065517 Unknown Type Material Yes
Macoun [744] K002482874 Yes
s.coll. [2323] United States K002508770 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [s.n.] United States K002482932 Yes
Larsen, K.; Larsen, S.S. [32872] Thailand K002497838 Yes
s.coll. [29155] K002482883 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002482875 Yes
VanBalgooy; Stuessy, T.F. [4144] United States K002508742 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3187] K001118742 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jones, G.N. [24565] United States K002482805 Yes
White, K.J. [NGF10168] Papua New Guinea K002497979 Yes
Williams, L.O. [6588] Brazil K001107880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002508763 Yes
Cody, W.J. [12380] Canada K002482884 Yes
Skutch, A.F. [2937] Costa Rica K002483048 Yes
Degener, O. [36644] United States K002508741 Yes
Heyde; Lux [s.n.] Guatemala K002483065 Yes
Florence, J. [2322] French Polynesia K002508310 Yes
Aguilar, M.H. [214] Guatemala K002483071 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [2843] Brazil K001107864 Yes
Jordan, A. [s.n.] France K001065492 Syntype Yes
Aguilar, M.H. [231] Guatemala K002483072 Yes
Soakai, E. [872] Tonga K002498136 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002508762 Yes
Doležalová, Z.; Pistulková, H. [58] K002497158 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [53849] Brazil K001107853 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Duker, K. [9064] United States K002508749 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002508761 Yes
Hancock, W. [s.n.] Guatemala K002483062 Yes
Plowman, T. [9969] Brazil K001107868 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002497130 Yes
St. John, H.; Fosberg, F.R. [15173] Pitcairn Islands K000649428 Type Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [1235] Yemen K002497397 Yes
Hosaka, E.Y. [s.n.] United States K002508740 Yes
Riedel [s.n.] Brazil K001107861 Yes
Lakela, O. [23541] United States K002482914 Yes
Pearsall, G.A. [s.n.] United States K002508748 Yes
Sartwell [s.n.] K002482920 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002482867 Yes
King, R.M. [8221] Brazil K001107866 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3187] Burma K001118744 Unknown Type Material Yes
Salle, C. [s.n.] France K001065491 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002497170 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] K002482866 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [13663] Brazil K001107855 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003176399 Yes
Bush, B.F. [11615] United States K002482892 Yes
Tonduz, A. [13600] Costa Rica K002483052 Yes
Adamson [s.n.] Kenya K000312349 Yes
St. John, H.; Fosberg, F.R. [15183] Pitcairn Islands K000649431 Type Yes
St. John, H.; Fosberg, F.R. [15183] Pitcairn Islands K000649432 Isotype Yes
Schiner [s.n.] K002482861 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K001107926 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [8914] United States K002482915 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K002482877 Yes
Florence, J. [4550] French Polynesia K002508309 Yes
Miranda, E.B. [169] Brazil K001031892 Yes
Lyall, D. [s.n.] K002482855 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003176120 Yes

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