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Bidens
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Bidens is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. The genus include roughly 230 species which are distributed worldwide. Despite their global distribution, the systematics and taxonomy of the genus has been described as complicated and unorganized. The common names beggarticks, black jack, burr marigolds, '''cobbler's pegs, Spanish needles, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers' refer to the fruits of the plants, most of which are bristly and barbed. The generic name refers to the same character; Bidens comes from the Latin bi ("two") and dens'' ("tooth").
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Bidens is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, also classified under Compositae. It belongs to the order Asterales and the class Magnoliopsida within the phylum Tracheophyta. The name derives from the Latin words for "two" and "tooth." The genus is accepted under the authority L. and is commonly known as Beggars' ticks.
One species within this group is referred to as White beggarticks. Records for Bidens have been documented in Mexico, with data held by institutions including CICY, IBUNAM, and GH. The taxon has been observed 90,295 times on iNaturalist and is associated with 4,520 records and 2,682 media files in iDigBio.
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Species
Beggars' ticks
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
General: Bidens (from Lat. bi, two, dens, tooth).
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- Specimen records
- 4,520
- With media
- 2,682
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- CICY, IBUNAM, GH
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Bidens is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. The genus include roughly 230 species which are distributed worldwide. Despite their global distribution, the systematics and taxonomy of the genus has been described as complicated and unorganized. The common names beggarticks, black jack, burr marigolds, '''cobbler's pegs, Spanish needles, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers' refer to the fruits of the plants, most of which are bristly and barbed. The generic name refers to the same character; Bidens comes from the Latin bi ("two") and dens ("tooth").
== Phylogeny, taxonomy and diversity == thumb|300x300px|Bidens cernua Despite their global distribution, the systematics and taxonomy of the genus has been described as complicated and unorganized. The genus include roughly 230 species.
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