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Bidens

The genus Bidens is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bidens

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Bidens acrifolia Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens acuticaulis Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens aequisquama (Fernald) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens ahnnei Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens alata Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens alba (L.) DC. Accepted M TICA
Bidens amplectens Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens amplissima Greene Accepted M TICA
Bidens andicola Kunth Accepted M TICA
Bidens andongensis Hiern Accepted M TICA
Bidens andrei Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens angustissima Kunth Accepted M TICA
Bidens anthemoides (DC.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens anthriscoides DC. Accepted M TICA
Bidens antiguensis J.M.Coult. Accepted M TICA
Bidens aoraiensis M.L.Grant ex Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens arbuscula Ant.Molina Accepted M TICA
Bidens arenicola (S.Moore) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens aristosa (Michx.) Britton Accepted M TICA
Bidens asperata (Hutch. & Dalziel) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens asymmetrica (H.Lév.) Sherff Accepted L TICA
Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens australis Spreng. Accepted L TICA
Bidens ballsii Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens balsana Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens barteri (Oliv. & Hiern) T.G.J.Rayner Accepted M TICA
Bidens baumii (O.Hoffm.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens beckiana (F.Br.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens beckii Torr. ex Spreng. Accepted M TICA
Bidens bicolor Greenm. Accepted M TICA
Bidens bidentoides (Nutt.) Britton Accepted M TICA
Bidens bigelovii A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Bidens bipinnata L. Accepted M TICA
Bidens bipontina Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. & Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens blakei (Sherff) Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens boquetiensis Roseman Accepted M TICA
Bidens borianiana Cufod. Accepted M TICA
Bidens brandegeei Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens brasiliensis Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens buchneri (Klatt) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens burundiensis Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens camporum (Hutch.) Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens campylotheca Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Bidens capillifolia Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens cernua L. Accepted M TICA
Bidens cervicata Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens chiapensis Brandegee Accepted M TICA
Bidens chippii (M.B.Moss) Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens chodatii Hassl. Accepted M TICA
Bidens chrysantha (L.) DC. Accepted M TICA
Bidens chrysanthemifolia (Kunth) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens cinerea Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens clarendonensis Britton Accepted M TICA
Bidens clavata R.E.Ballard Accepted M TICA
Bidens colimana Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens collina O.Deg. & Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens conjuncta Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens connata Muhl. ex Willd. Accepted M TICA
Bidens cordifolia Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Bidens cordylocarpa (A.Gray) Crawford Accepted M TICA
Bidens coreocarpoides Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens cornuta Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens cosmoides (A.Gray) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens crocea Welw. ex O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Bidens cronquistii (Sherff) Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens cynapiifolia Kunth Accepted M TICA
Bidens deltoidea J.W.Moore Accepted M TICA
Bidens demissa Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens discoidea (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton Accepted M TICA
Bidens dissecta (O.E.Schulz) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens diversa Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens domingensis O.E.Schulz Accepted M TICA
Bidens eatonii Fernald Accepted M TICA
Bidens edentula G.M.Barroso Accepted M TICA
Bidens ekmanii O.E.Schulz Accepted M TICA
Bidens elgonensis (Sherff) Agnew Accepted M TICA
Bidens elliotii (S.Moore) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens engleri O.E.Schulz Accepted M TICA
Bidens esmartinezii Villaseñor Accepted M TICA
Bidens exigua Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens fengjiensis S.X.Liu & W.P.Li Accepted M TICA
Bidens ferulifolia (Jacq.) Sweet Accepted M TICA
Bidens fischeri (O.Hoffm.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens fistulosa Sch.Bip. ex Baker Accepted M TICA
Bidens flabellata O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Bidens flagellaris Baker Accepted M TICA
Bidens flagellata (Sherff) Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens forbesii Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens frondosa L. Accepted M TICA
Bidens gardneri Baker Accepted M TICA
Bidens gentryi Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens geraniifolia Brandegee Accepted M TICA
Bidens ghedoensis Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens glabrata (A.Gray) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens glandulifera M.L.Grant ex Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens goiana B.L.Turner Accepted M TICA
Bidens gracillima Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens grantii (Oliv.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens graveolens Mart. Accepted M TICA
Bidens gypsophila Miranda Accepted M TICA
Bidens hassleriana (Chodat) A.A.Sáenz Accepted M TICA
Bidens hawaiensis A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Bidens hendersonensis Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens henryi Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens heterodoxa Fernald & H.St.John Accepted M TICA
Bidens heterosperma A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Bidens hildebrandtii O.Hoffm. Accepted M TICA
Bidens hillebrandiana (Drake) O.Deg. ex Sherff Accepted L TICA
Bidens hintonii (Sherff) Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens hivoana O.Deg. & Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens holstii (O.Hoffm.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens holwayi Sherff & S.F.Blake Accepted M TICA
Bidens humilis Kunth Accepted M TICA
Bidens hyperborea Greene Accepted M TICA
Bidens incisa (Ker Gawl.) G.Don Accepted M TICA
Bidens ingrata Larrañaga Accepted M TICA
Bidens insolita Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens integrifolia Brandegee Accepted M TICA
Bidens isostigmatoides Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens izabalensis Roseman Accepted M TICA
Bidens jardinii Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Bidens kamerunensis Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens kamtschatica Vassilcz. Accepted M TICA
Bidens kilimandscharica (O.Hoffm.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens kirkii (Oliv. & Hiern) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens laevis (L.) "Britton, Sterns & Poggenb." Accepted L TICA
Bidens lantanoides A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Bidens lejolyana Lisowski Accepted M TICA
Bidens lemmonii A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Bidens leptocephala Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens leptophylla C.H.An Accepted M TICA
Bidens lineariloba Oliv. Accepted M TICA
Bidens longistyla C.R.Hart Accepted M TICA
Bidens macroptera (Sch.Bip. ex Chiov.) Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens magnifolia Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens malawiensis Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens malmei Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens mandonii (Sherff) Cabrera Accepted M TICA
Bidens mannii T.G.J.Rayner Accepted M TICA
Bidens mathewsii Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens mauiensis (A.Gray) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens maximowicziana Oett. Accepted M TICA
Bidens melchertii B.L.Turner Accepted M TICA
Bidens menziesii (A.Gray) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens mesfinii Anderb. Accepted M TICA
Bidens micrantha Gaudich. Accepted M TICA
Bidens microphylla Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens minensis Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens mitis (Michx.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens mollifolia Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens molokaiensis (Hillebr.) Sherff Accepted L TICA
Bidens monophylla Urb. Accepted M TICA
Bidens monticola Poepp. & Endl. Accepted M TICA
Bidens mooreensis M.L.Grant ex Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens moorei Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens mossii Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens multiceps Fassett Accepted M TICA
Bidens nana M.O.Dillon Accepted M TICA
Bidens negriana (Sherff) Cufod. Accepted M TICA
Bidens nobilioides Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens nodiflora L. Accepted M TICA
Bidens nudata Brandegee Accepted M TICA
Bidens oaxacana Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens oblonga (Sherff) Wild Accepted M TICA
Bidens occidentalis (Hutch. & Dalziel) Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens ocellatus (Greenm.) Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens ochracea (O.Hoffm.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens odora (Sherff) T.G.J.Rayner Accepted M TICA
Bidens odorata Cav. Accepted M TICA
Bidens oerstediana (Benth. ex Benth.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens oligantha Brandegee Accepted M TICA
Bidens oligoflora (Klatt) Wild Accepted M TICA
Bidens orofenensis M.L.Grant ex Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens ostruthioides (DC.) Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Bidens pachyloma (Oliv. & Hiern) Cufod. Accepted M TICA
Bidens parviflora Willd. Accepted M TICA
Bidens pilosa L. Accepted M TICA
Bidens pinnatipartita (O.Hoffm.) Wild Accepted M TICA
Bidens polycephala Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Bidens polyglossa Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens polylepis S.F.Blake Accepted M TICA
Bidens populifolia Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens prestinaria (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Cufod. Accepted M TICA
Bidens pringlei Greenm. Accepted M TICA
Bidens pseudalausensis Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens pseudocosmos Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens pueblensis (Sherff) Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens purpusorum Bitter & Petersen Accepted M TICA
Bidens pusilla Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens radiata Thuill. Accepted M TICA
Bidens raiateensis J.W.Moore Accepted M TICA
Bidens rapensis Stuessy Accepted M TICA
Bidens reptans (L.) G.Don Accepted M TICA
Bidens riedelii Baker Accepted M TICA
Bidens riparia Kunth Accepted M TICA
Bidens rosea Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Bidens rostrata Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens rubicundula Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens rubifolia Kunth Accepted M TICA
Bidens rueppellii (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens ruyigiensis T.G.J.Rayner Accepted M TICA
Bidens saint-johniana Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens saltillensis Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens sambucifolia Cav. Accepted M TICA
Bidens sandvicensis Less. Accepted M TICA
Bidens schaffneri (A.Gray) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens schimperi Sch.Bip. ex Walp. Accepted M TICA
Bidens serrulata (Poir.) Desf. Accepted M TICA
Bidens setigera (Sch.Bip. ex Sch.Bip.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens sharpii (Sherff) Melchert Accepted M TICA
Bidens shrevei Britton Accepted M TICA
Bidens sierra-leonensis Mesfin Accepted M TICA
Bidens simplicifolia C.H.Wright Accepted M TICA
Bidens societatis J.W.Moore Accepted M TICA
Bidens socorrensis R.C.Moran & G.A.Levin Accepted M TICA
Bidens somaliensis Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens squarrosa Kunth Accepted M TICA
Bidens steppia (Steetz) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens steyermarkii Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens subalternans DC. Accepted M TICA
Bidens subspiralis McVaugh Accepted M TICA
Bidens taylori (S.Moore) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens teikiteetinii J.Florence & Stuessy Accepted L TICA
Bidens tener O.E.Schulz Accepted M TICA
Bidens tenera O.E.Schulz Accepted M TICA
Bidens tenuisecta A.Gray Accepted M TICA
Bidens ternata (Chiov.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens tetraspinosa Majeed Kak & Javeid Accepted M TICA
Bidens torta Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens townsendii Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens trelawniensis Proctor Accepted M TICA
Bidens trichosperma (Michx.) Britton Accepted M TICA
Bidens tripartita L. Accepted M TICA
Bidens triplinervia Kunth Accepted M TICA
Bidens tubuaiensis Stuessy Accepted M TICA
Bidens uapensis (F.Br.) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens ugandensis (S.Moore) Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens urceolata De Wild. Accepted M TICA
Bidens urophylla Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens valida Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens vincifolia Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens vulgata Greene Accepted M TICA
Bidens whytei Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens wiebkei Sherff Accepted M TICA
Bidens zairensis Lisowski Accepted M TICA
Bidens zavattarii Cufod. Accepted M TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 741 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bidens. Of these 247 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 420 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bidens. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 741 species names for the genus Bidens recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 247 33.3%
◕ Synonym 425 57.4%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 69 9.3%

All names

The status of the 1,161 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bidens recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 288 24.8%
◕ Synonym 803 69.2%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 70 6.0%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 741 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bidens, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 241 382 0 0 623 84.1%
Low confidence 6 43 0 69 118 15.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Bidens, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 247 424 0 69 0 740 99.9%
Tropicos 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.1%