Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bidens riparia
Yellow free-branched plant with upper axis and terminating main stems and branches (Wiggins and Porter 1971)
A widespread weed (Wiggins and Porter 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Bidens
Species
riparia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Bidens refracta Brandegee fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America (POWO, 2023).
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