Bidens campylotheca

Viper beggarticks
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Coreopsidinae
Genus: Bidens
Species: B. campylotheca
Binomial name
Bidens campylotheca
Schultz-Bip.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bidens magnidisca O.Deg. & Sherff
  • Campylotheca grandiflora DC.
  • Coreopsis macraei A.Gray
  • Bidens glaucescens Greene, Synonym of subsp. pentamera
  • Bidens pentamera (Sherff) O.Deg. & Sherff, Synonym of subsp. pentamera

Bidens campylotheca, the viper beggarticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Bidens, collectively called kokoʻolau or koʻokoʻolau in the Hawaiian language. It is found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Its natural habitat is lowland moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss due to the spread of invasive weeds and brushfires.[2]

Subspecies[1]

References

  1. 1 2 The Plant List, Bidens campylotheca Sch.Bip.
  2. ↑ Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. (2003). "Bidens campylotheca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 20 July 2007.


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