Bidens pilosa L.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Bidens pilosa var. minor (Blume) Sherff
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bidens pilosa L.
  • Common name : Hairy beggarticks
  • Vernacular name :
    • Magha latenga (Oria)
    • Kithachedi, Snehakoora (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Open forests of the Hilly areas
  • Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m. Gregarious weed of fallow lands and an aggressive colonizer; Occasional on open hills, weed in fallow fields and wastelands
  • Flower, Fruit : September-April
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J.Saldanha, B.L.Burtt, C.Townsand
  • Collection Date : 20-01-1973
  • Collection Nos : 18349
  • Collection Locality : Wayanad
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Thrissur district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Islands, Leeward Islands, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
    • Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bidens pilosa. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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