Bidens cernua

Bidens cernua is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae.[4][5][6][7] Bidens cernua is distributed throughout much of Eurasia and North America.[4][5][6][7] It is commonly called nodding beggarticks[8] or nodding bur-marigold.[9]

Bidens cernua

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Bidens
Species:
B. cernua
Binomial name
Bidens cernua
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Bidens ciliolata Greene
  • Bidens cusickii Greene
  • Bidens dentata (Nutt.) Wiegand
  • Bidens elliptica (Wiegand) Gleason
  • Bidens filamentosa Rydb.
  • Bidens gracilenta Greene
  • Bidens graveolens Komarov 1916 not Mart. 1824
  • Bidens kelloggii Greene
  • Bidens leptomeria Greene
  • Bidens leptopoda Greene
  • Bidens lonchophylla Greene
  • Bidens macounii Greene
  • Bidens marginata Greene 1901 not Perr ex DC. 1836
  • Bidens minima Huds.
  • Bidens prionophylla Greene
  • Bidens quadriaristata var. dentata Nutt.
  • Bidens tripartita var. minima Huds.
  • Bidens venosa Gardner
  • Buphthalmum nutans Vitman
  • Coreopsis bidens L.
  • Coreopsis quadricornis Krock.
  • Coreopsis ridens Gunnerus

Distribution and abundance

Bidens cernua is distributed throughout much of Eurasia and North America.[4][5][6][7]

Morphology

General description

Bidens cernua is an annual species growing roughly 1m tall, with a fibrous root. Stems are rigid and often either simple or beached. Stem leaves are simple, unstalked, and opposite.

References
  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. "IPNI entry for Coreopsis ridens".
  3. "IPNI entry for Bidens venosa".
  4. Flora of North America, Bidens cernua Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 832. 1753.
  5. Flora of China, 柳叶鬼针草 liu ye gui zhen cao, Bidens cernua Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 832. 1753
  6. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. Altervista Flora Italiana, Forbicina intera, Bidens cernua L. includes photos and European distribution map
  8. Voss, E.G. (1996). Michigan Flora: A guide to the identification and occurrence of the native and naturalized seed-plants of the state. Part III: Dicots (Pyrolaceae–Compositae). Vol. Bulletin 61. Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.: Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium.
  9. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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