Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bidens frondosa L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beggar ticks	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beggar-ticks	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bident feuillu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common beggarticks	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common tickseed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's beggar ticks	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
devil's beggar-ticks	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devil's beggarticks	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's bootjack	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
devil's pitchfork	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fläderskära	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
large-leaved beggarticks	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pitchfork weed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
schwarzfrüchtiger zweizahn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
stick-tights	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
大狼把草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bidens frondosa var. anomala Porter ex Fernald Rhodora 5: 91 (1903).
Bidens frondosa f. anomala (Porter ex Fernald) Fernald Rhodora 40: 352 (1938).
Bidens frondosa var. caudata Sherff Brittonia 11: 190 (1959).
Bidens frondosa var. major Hook. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 99 (1835).
Bidens frondosa var. minor Hook. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 99 (1835).
Bidens frondosa var. pallida (Wiegand) Wiegand Rhodora 26: 5 (1924).
Bidens frondosa var. stenodonta Fernald & H.St.John Rhodora 17: 22 (1915).
Bidens melanocarpa Wiegand Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 405 (1899).
Bidens melanocarpa var. pallida Wiegand Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 406 (1899).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bidens frondosa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

Bidens frondosa L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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