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Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Bidens Linnaeus
Authorship	Linnaeus
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomLeg
Placed in	Asteraceae
Contains	Bidens aequisquama (Fernald) Sherff Bidens alamosana Rose Bidens alba (Linnaeus) Ballard Bidens alpina Brandegee Bidens amplissima Greene Bidens andrei Sherff Bidens anthemoides (de Candolle) Sherff Bidens anthriscoides de Candolle Bidens antiguensis J. M. Coulter Bidens aristosa (Michaux) Britton Bidens asymmetrica (H. Léveillé) Sherff Bidens attenuata Sherff Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff Bidens awaluana O. Degener, I. Degener & Sherff Bidens beckii Torrey Bidens bicolor Greenman Bidens bigelovii A. Gray Bidens bipinnata Linnaeus Bidens biternata (Loureiro) E. D. Merrill & E. E. Sherff Bidens brachycarpa de Candolle Bidens brittonii Sherff Bidens californica de Candolle Bidens campylotheca Schultz Bipontinus Bidens carpodonta Sherff Bidens caucalidea de Candolle Bidens cernua Linnaeus Bidens chiapensis Brandegee Bidens chilensis de Candolle Bidens chinensis Willdenow Bidens chrysanthemoides Michaux Bidens cognata Greene Bidens colpophila Fernald & H. St. John Bidens comosa (A. Gray) Wiegand Bidens conjuncta Sherff Bidens connata Muhlenberg ex Willdenow Bidens coreopsidis de Candolle Bidens cornuta Sherff Bidens coronata (Linnaeus) Fischer ex Britton Bidens dahlioides S. Watson Bidens daucifolia de Candolle Bidens decumbens Greenman Bidens discoidea (Torrey & A. Gray) Britton Bidens domingensis O. E. Schulz Bidens dominici D. Saccardo Bidens duranginensis Sherff Bidens eatoni Fernald Bidens eatonii Fernald Bidens fecunda O. Degener & Sherff Bidens ferulifolia (Jacquin) de Candolle Bidens frondosa Linnaeus Bidens fulvescens Sherff Bidens gentryi Sherff Bidens geraniifolia Brandegee Bidens glycinaefolila Schultz Bipontinus Bidens gracillima Sherff Bidens graveolens Martius Bidens guatemalensis Klatt Bidens halawana Sherff Bidens hawaiensis A. Gray Bidens hawaiiensis A. Gray Bidens hendersonensis Sherff Bidens heterodoxa (Fernald) Fernald & H. St. John Bidens heterophylla Ortmann Bidens heterosperma A. Gray Bidens holwayi Sherff & S. F. Blake Bidens hyperborea F. C. Greene Bidens incisa (Ker Gawler) G. Don Bidens inermis S. Watson Bidens infirma Fernald Bidens insolita Sherff Bidens integrifolia Brandegee Bidens kotschyi Schultz Bipontinus ex Walpers Bidens laevis (Linnaeus) Britton, Stearn & Poggenburg Bidens langlassei Sherff Bidens lantanoides A. Gray Bidens lemmonii A. Gray Bidens leptocephala Sherff Bidens leucantha Willdenow Bidens ludens A. Gray Bidens magnidisca O. Degener & Sherff Bidens mariana S. F. Blake Bidens mathewsii Sherff Bidens melanocarpa Wiegand Bidens mexicana Sherff Bidens minensis Sherff Bidens mollifolia Sherff Bidens muelleri Sherff Bidens ×multiceps Fassett Bidens nashii Small Bidens nudata Brandegee Bidens ocellatus (Greenman) Melchert Bidens odorata Cavanilles Bidens oligantha Brandegee Bidens oligocarpa Sherff Bidens ostruthiodes (de Candolle) Schultz Bipontinus Bidens pallida Rusby Bidens palmeri A. Gray Bidens patula Gardner Bidens pilosa Linnaeus Bidens polylepis Blake Bidens populifolia Sherff Bidens pringlei Greenman Bidens pseudaluasensis Sherff Bidens pseudocosmos Sherff Bidens radiata Thuillier Bidens refracta Brandegee Bidens reptans (Linnaeus) Don Bidens riedelii Baker Bidens riparia Kunth Bidens rosea Schultz Bipontinus Bidens rostrata Melchert Bidens rubifolia Kunth Bidens sambucifolia Cavanilles Bidens sandvicensis Lessing Bidens sarmentosa Greenman Bidens schaffneri (A. Gray) Sherff Bidens schimperi Schultz Bipontinus ex Walpers Bidens skottsbergii Sherff Bidens sp. Bidens speciosa Gardner Bidens squarrosa Kunth Bidens steyermarkii Sherff Bidens subalternans de Candolle Bidens tenera O. E. Schulz Bidens tenuisecta A. Gray Bidens tenuissima Greene Bidens tereticaulis de Candolle Bidens trelawniensis Proctor Bidens trichosperma (Michaux) Britton Bidens tripartita Linnaeus Bidens triplinervia Kunth Bidens tuberosa Schultz Bipontinus Bidens urbanii Greenman Bidens venosa Gardner Bidens vulgata Greene Bidens waimeana Sherff Bidens weibkei Sherff
Remarks	The classical gender of Bidens is masculine and Linnaeus erred in treating this as feminine (fide Voss, Michigan Botanist 16: 138. 1977; Michigan Fl. pt. 3: 382. 1996). Harriman (Taxon 47: 485. 1998) proposed to conserve Bidens as feminine.
Citation	1753 Sp. Pl. 2: 831
Holdings	21 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Bidens Linnaeus
Identification made in	[no date] (20), 1992 (1)