Bidens aurea

Bidens aurea
from naturalized population in Chile
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Bidens
Species:	B. aurea
Binomial name
Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff
Synonyms [2]
Synonymy Bidens argutaKunth Bidens decolorataKunth Bidens heterophyllaOrtega Bidens longifoliaDC. Bidens luxuriansWilld. Bidens tetragona(Cerv.) DC. Bidens warszewiczianaRegel Coreopsis aureaDryand. ex Aiton Coreopsis coronataWalter 1788 not L. 1763 Coreopsis ferulifoliaJacq. Coreopsis lucidaCav. Coreopsis luxurians(Willd.) P. Pell. Coreopsis nitidaCav. Coreopsis nitidaHort. Coreopsis tetragonaCerv. ex La Llave & Lex. Diodonta aurea(Dryand. ex Aiton) Nutt. Diodonta leptophyllaNutt.

Bidens aurea , the Arizona beggarticks, ^[3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico and found also in Arizona and Guatemala. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} The species is also naturalized in parts of Europe and South America. ^{[8] [9]}

Description

Bidens aurea is an annual herb occasionally reaching a height of 250 cm (100 inches). It produces numerous yellow or whitish flower heads containing both disc florets and ray florets. It grows primarily in wet areas such as marshes and streambanks. ^[10]

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
2. The Plant List, Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff
3. NRCS. "Bidens aurea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 May 2015.
4. Nash, D. L. 1976. Tribe V, Heliantheae. En: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana: Botany 24(12): 181–361, 503–570
5. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
6. García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria
7. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
8. Altervista Flora Italiana, Forbicina dorata, Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff
9. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.
10. Flora of North America, Bidens amplissima Greene, Pittonia. 4: 268. 1901.

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