| Name | Cosmos purpureus var. flavidiscus Sherff |
| Authorship | Sherff |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Cosmos purpureus (de Candolle) Bentham & Hooker f. ex Hemsley |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66788-2 |
| Citation | 1962 Brittonia 14: 173 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Cosmos purpureus var. flavidiscus Sherff |
| Identification made in | 1997 (1) |