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Bidens L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 831 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000004584.

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Synonyms of Bidens

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Bidens subg. Kerneria Cass. – — wfo-1000041237
Bidens sect. Eubidens Boerl. – — wfo-1000043866
Bidens sect. Adenolepis Boerl. – — wfo-1000043922
Campylotheca Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 51: 476 (1827) wfo-4000006492
Kerneria Moench Methodus 595 (1794) (1794) wfo-4000019955
Megalodonta Greene Pittonia 4(24): 271 (1901) wfo-4000023492
Microlecane Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 2(1): 384 (1873) wfo-4000024125
Diatonta Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. ii. 614 (1843) wfo-4000046453
Edwarsia Neck. Elem. Bot. 1: 87 (1790) wfo-4000046464
Forbicina Ség. Pl. Veron. iii. 283 (1764); vide Dandy, wfo-4000046568
Dolichotheca Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 51: 476. 1827 [Dec 1827] wfo-4001303490
Microlecana Sch.Bip. – — wfo-4100001425

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Bidens:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens acmella Norona Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. Wet. 5, 4 (1790) — wfo-0000072976
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens acmelloides Bergius Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. xxix. II. (1768) 245 wfo-0000027834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens acrifolia var. langlassei (Sherff) Melchert Phytologia 69(1): 21. 1990 [Jul 1990] wfo-0001409932
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens aequisquama var. guanajuatensis Melchert Phytologia 69(1): 22. 1990 [Jul 1990] wfo-0001409933
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens alba var. alba (L.) DC. – — wfo-1200068614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens albiflora Makino J. Jap. Bot. v. 18 (1928) wfo-0000067706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens andicola f. andicola – – wfo-0000048520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens andicola f. cosmantha Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948) wfo-0000005665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens andicola f. tarijensis (Sherff) Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948) wfo-0000113672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens andicola var. andicola – Nov. Gen. Sp. (ed. fol.) 4: 186 (1820) — wfo-0000107931
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens andicola var. diversifolia (Griseb.) Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948) wfo-0000065429
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens angustifolia Kunth Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 7: 456 1825 — wfo-0000032674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens antiguensis var. antiguensis Coult. – — wfo-1200068596
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens arborea Roxb. in Beats. Tracts St. Helen. App. 301, 325. wfo-0000076949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens artemisiifolia f. rubra (Kuntze) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 136 (1898) wfo-0000036785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens artemisiifolia var. calva (Sch.Bip.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 321 (1891) wfo-0001381956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens artemisiifolia var. intermedia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 321 (1891) wfo-0001381957
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens artemisiifolia var. rosea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 321 (1891) wfo-0001379610
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens aspilioides (Baker) Sherff Bot. Gaz. 94: 590 (1933) wfo-0000130061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens atkinsoniana (Douglas ex Lindl.) Banfi, Galasso & Bartolucci Nat. Hist. Sci. 15(1): 18 (2017) — wfo-1000081209
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens atrosanguinea hort. ex E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre (ed. 2) 269. 1866 wfo-0000008834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens aurea var. leptophylla (Nutt.) Sherff Bot. Gaz. 59: 316 (1915) — wfo-0000108572
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens basalis (A.Dietr.) Banfi, Galasso & Bartolucci Nat. Hist. Sci. 15(1): 54 (2017) wfo-1000079884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens beckii Torr. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 135. 1821 wfo-0000094966
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens bipinnata var. simplicior F.Muell. Fragm. (1869) wfo-0001380016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens boliviana S.F.Blake – — wfo-0000029547
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens buchingeri Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. : 142 (1867) wfo-0000029529
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens cabopulmensis León de la Luz & B.L.Turner Acta Bot. Mex. 103: 120 (2013) wfo-0001336666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens campanulata Bringel & T.B.Cavalc. Syst. Bot. 42(2): 308 (2017) wfo-0001318221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens campylotheca subsp. waihoiensis H.St.John Lyonia 2(2): 19 (1983) (1983) wfo-0001365225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens cervantesii Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 305 (1882) wfo-0000085484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens clarendonensis Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 9 (1912) wfo-0000095543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens comporum Mesfin. – — wfo-0001130772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens coronata Britton ex Sherff Bot. Gaz. 1913, lvi. 495. wfo-0000067983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens decomposita Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 298 wfo-0000045787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens delphiniifolia Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 4(17): 183 (ed. fol.) (1818) wfo-0000138481
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens dichotoma Desf. Tabl. École Bot. 104. 1804 wfo-0000121485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens dilleniana Hill. Veg. Syst. iii. 123. wfo-0000086482
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens diversifolia Ortg. Gartenflora 408. 1861 wfo-0000136296
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens diversifolia Schweigg. Enum. Pl. Hort. Regiom. 16. 1812 [Nov-Dec 1812] ; cf. D.J. Mabberley in Taxon, 33(3): 441. 1984 wfo-0000119591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens diversifolia hort. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 602 (1836) wfo-0000021070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens domingensis O.E.Schulz Symb. Antill. 7(3): 429 (1912) wfo-0000024318
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens ekmanii O.E.Schulz ex Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 111 (1929) wfo-0000005876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens ekmanii var. paucidentata O.E.Schulz ex Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 111 (1929) wfo-0001286498
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens elevata Sol. ex Sherff Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 16: 389, in adnot. (1937) wfo-0000123025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens elliptica Wiegand Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26(8): 417. 1899 [17 Aug 1899] , a sphalm. wfo-0000096151
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens elliptica var. minima (Hudson) Larss. Fl. Wermland 220. 1859, fide Sherff, Bot. (1917) wfo-0000097233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens evapelliana W.L.Wagner, J.R.Clark & Lorence PhytoKeys 38: 56 (2014) wfo-0001339458
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens fennica Teyber Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 56: 74 (1906) wfo-0000005873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens ferulifolia Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(9): 202. 1881 [Oct 1881] , partim wfo-0000072678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens ferulifolia var. foeniculaefolia Sherff Bot. Gaz. 81: 39 (1926) wfo-0000111840
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens ferulifolia var. ludens (A.Gray) Sherff Bot. Gaz. 81: 39 (1926) wfo-0000104826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens ferulifolia var. odoratissima (Cav. ex Pers.) Sherff – wfo-0001392509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens foeniculifolia A.Gray ex J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2(2): 224 1892 wfo-1200068900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens formosa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 137. 1898 [28 Sep 1898] wfo-0000122083
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens frondosa Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3(8): 309 (1881) wfo-0000059236
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens fruticosa DC. Prodr. 5: 596 (1836) wfo-0000119220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens garumnae Jeanj. & Debray Bull. Soc. Bot. France 89: 44, in obs. (1942) wfo-0000093760
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens gladiata (Walter) Banfi, Galasso & Bartolucci Nat. Hist. Sci. 15(1): 18 (2017) — wfo-1000081210
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens glyceriaefolia Sch.Bip. Bot. Gaz. 76: 78. 1923 wfo-0000059772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens glycinaefolia Sch.Bip. – wfo-0000030802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens hawaiensis (A.Gray) Pilg. – — wfo-0000045770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens hendersonensis var. oenoensis Sherff Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 12(19): 7 (1937) wfo-1200011860
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens herzogii (Sherff) D.J.N.Hind Kew Bull. 68(3): 506 (2013) wfo-0001335951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens holwayi var. colombiana Sherff – wfo-1200068279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens incisa (Ker Gawl.) D.Don – wfo-0000065061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens involvens Phil. Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile : 49 (1891) wfo-0000133625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens involvens Phil. ex Durand – wfo-0000010061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens irazuensis Calvert 1876-1965">A.S.Calvert & Calvert Year Cost Rican Nat. Hist. 140. 1917 wfo-0000001802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens kotschyi Sch.Bip. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. vi. 168 wfo-0000091082
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens laciniata Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 283, nomen. (1867) wfo-0000127283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens lanceolata (L.) Banfi, Galasso & Bartolucci Nat. Hist. Sci. 15(1): 18 (2017) — wfo-1000081211
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens lelyana T.G.J.Rayner – — wfo-0000010672
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens leucorrhiza DC. Prodr. 5: 605 (1836) wfo-0000128404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens madiotii H.J.Coste ex P.Fourn. Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 1927: i. 1 16, hybr. (1927) wfo-0000028834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens martii Colla Herb. Pedem. iii. 306 (1834). wfo-0000071897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens menziesii var. leptodonta Sherff Bot. Gaz. 85(1): 9 (1928) wfo-0000107630
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens microcephala W.L.Wagner, J.R.Clark & Lorence PhytoKeys 38: 51 (2014) wfo-0001339456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens minuscula Leveille Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. , sér. 3, 20(243): 3 (1910) wfo-0000137194
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens mirabilis Sherff Bot. Gaz. 61: 496, pl. 31 (1916) wfo-0000045945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens mitis var. incisa (Torr. & A.Gray) Sherff – wfo-0001392312
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens mitis var. subintega (Torr. & A.Gray) Sherff – wfo-0001391527
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens molokaiensis Hillebr. – — wfo-0000000148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens monophylla Urb. Ark. Bot. 23A, n.° 11: 81 (1931) wfo-0000000235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens montsulani Phil. in Anal. Mus. nac. Chile (1891) 49. wfo-0000024191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens nivea Sw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 203. 1840 wfo-0000014275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens odorata Coville – — wfo-0000033364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens odorata var. chilancingensis R.E.Ballard Amer. J. Bot. 73: 1463. 1986 wfo-0001397614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens odorata var. oaxacensis R.E.Ballard Amer. J. Bot. 73: 1462 (1986) wfo-0000071675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens odorata var. odorata Cav. – — wfo-1200068626
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens ovatifolia (Cav.) Kuntze – wfo-0000133150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens palmeri A.Gray ex S.Watson Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 22: 429-430 1887 — wfo-0000130088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens peacockii Druce Fl. Northamptonshire 122. 1930 , hybr. wfo-0000126908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens pedunculosa Phil. Anales Mus. Nac., Santiago de Chile 49. 1891 wfo-0000015780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens perianthomega Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 203, sphalm. (1840) wfo-0000018989
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens pilosa f. alausensis Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948) wfo-0000128331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens pilosa f. minor Sherff Bot. Gaz. 80: 387 (1925) wfo-0001321837
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens pilosa f. pinnatus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891) wfo-0000113712
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens pilosa f. subbiternatus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891) wfo-0000113519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Bidens pilosa f. subsimplicifolius Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891) wfo-0000113192