Taxon:
Bidens alba (L.) DC. var. radiata (Sch. Bip.) R. E. Ballard ex Melchert
Summary
Place of publication:
Phytologia 32:295. 1975
Verified:
11/22/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
- Ballard, R. 1986. Bidens pilosa complex (Asteraceae) in North and Central America. Amer. J. Bot. 73:1463. URL: http://www.amjbot.org
- Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2 Note: lists as Bidens alba var. radiata (Sch. Bip.) R. E. Ballard
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ Note: = Bidens pilosa L.
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: = Bidens alba (L.) DC.
- Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
- Proctor, G. R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
- Pruski, J. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
- Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. URL: http://www.ecologia.edu.mx/publicaciones/FLOBA.htm
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: mentions; lists as Bidens alba var. radiata (Sch. Bip.) R. E. Ballard
Common names
English
shepherd's-needle – Spanish-needle –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Campeche | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Querétaro | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Quintana Roo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tabasco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | Grand Cayman | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | French Guiana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Cusco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Huánuco | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Lima | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | San Martín | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas (s.e.)]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands [Grand Cayman], Dominica, Jamaica, St. Lucia, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Guatemala, Honduras
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru [Cusco, Huánuco, Lima, San Martín]
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Weed | | | Pruski, J. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names |