Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bidens pilosa 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:
acahual	Other	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
aceitilla	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
agulha-brava	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
amor seco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
arahajad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arakajhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arthunge	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
beggar tick	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beggar's stick	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
beggar's ticks	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beggar-ticks	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beggarsticks	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beggarticks	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bidenlosa	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
bident hérissé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bident poilu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bidente piloso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
black jack	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
black-jack	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blackjack	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
borso tene	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bur marigold	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bur-marigold	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
burr marigold	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
buschmannspfeil	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cadillo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
cadillo de huerta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carrapicho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
carrapicho-de-agulha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
carrapicho-deagulha	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
chipaca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
coat button	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cobbler s peg	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cobbler's pegs	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cobblers pegs	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cobblers'-pegs	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common beggarticks	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cuambu	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cì zhēn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun roten	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
erva picão	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
farmer's friend	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
fisi`uli	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gui zhen cao	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guichingue	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
guizhencao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
guǐ zhēn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hairy beggar ticks	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
hairy beggar's-ticks	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hairy beggar-ticks	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hairy beggarticks	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hairy bidens	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
happa myan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
herbe chausette	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
herbe d'aiguille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe villebague	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
ikapunika	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
imbikicane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
imbunya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inyabarasanya	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
jhyapmuja	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
jīn zhǎn yín pán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kalo kuro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanching baju	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kancing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kancing baju	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
katare	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
keroten	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kimana-ngansi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
knapsakkerwel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
knapsek?rel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ko-sendangusa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kofe tonga	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kumra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kuro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
la ville-bague	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
la villebague	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
lavilbag	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
lunge pucha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lwange jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mangdhap	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
masikari	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maswquia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
matakaro	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mokolonyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mozoquelite	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mozote	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muuwu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muxiji	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
máng cháng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nange arthunge	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nhungunira	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nir	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nsolokoto	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
ntsohowo	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
nán fēng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nålskära	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ottu chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
outuerangama	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pacunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
papunga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pau-pau pasir	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
phutium	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
picao-preto	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
picão	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
picão ou carrapicho-agulha	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
picão preto	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
picão-branco	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
picão-do-mato	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
picão-preto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
picãopreto	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
picón	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pitch-forks	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pitchforks	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
poconcpan	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
ra-gotupumaita	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
romerillo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rumput juala	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
saetilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sakbal	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
samasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
scented beggar ticks	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sinke kuro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sisik baju	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
solokoto	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
sournette	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
spanish needle	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spanish needles	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
spanish spade	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
spanish-needles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stick-tights	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
subang puteri batek	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sweethearts	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sān yè guǐ zhēn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tickseed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tinet	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tsipolitra	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tóng zhì cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ucucuza	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ugcadolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
uladolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umhlabangubo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xián fēng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiā gōng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yi bao zhen	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
zweizahn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
三叶鬼针草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
三葉鬼針草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
刺查某	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
刺針草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南風草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
同治草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
咸豐草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
烏杷	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
烏階	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
狼把草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
白花婆婆針	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
盲肠草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
盲腸草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羞查某仔	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蝦公草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金盞銀盤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鬼叉	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
鬼針草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鬼针草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Shoots, roots		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
aerial part, leaf, root, fruit, entire plant, stem		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
leaves, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower, whole plant, root, leaf		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
leaf		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
leaf		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Dried flowers, Entire plant, Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 78 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bidens odorata Cav. Icon. 1: 9 (1791).
Bidens pilosa var. minor (Blume) Sherff Bot. Gaz. 80: 387 (1925).
Bidens pinnata Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 8 (1790), nom. nud.
Bidens sundaica Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 913 (1826).
Bidens abadiae DC. Prodr. 5: 601 (1836).
Bidens abadiae var. pilosoides Sherff Bot. Gaz. 81: 40 (1926).
Bidens abadiae var. typica Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948), not validly publ.
Bidens adhaerescens Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 348 (1829).
Bidens africana Klatt Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 464 (1896).
Bidens alausensis Kunth in F.W.H.A.Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & K.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 184 (1818).
Bidens arenaria Gand. Fl. Lyon.: 122 (1875).
Bidens aurantiaca Colenso Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 388 (1894 publ. 1895).
Bidens barrancae M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 18: 82 (1933).
Bidens bimucronata Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 24(I): 184 (1851).
Bidens californica DC. Prodr. 5: 599 (1836).
Bidens caracasana DC. Prodr. 5: 600 (1836).
Bidens chilensis DC. Prodr. 5: 603 (1836).
Bidens chilensis var. apiifolia DC. Prodr. 5: 604 (1836).
Bidens decussata Pav. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 202 (1840), not validly publ.
Bidens hirsuta Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 369 (1841), nom. illeg.
Bidens hirta Jord. ex Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 2: 168 (1850).
Bidens hispida Kunth in F.W.H.A.Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & K.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 186 (1818).
Bidens leucanthema var. pilosa (L.) Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 155 (1866).
Bidens montaubani Phil. Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 2(Bot. 8): 49 (1891).
Bidens ododrata Cav. Icon. 1: 9 (1791).
Bidens odorata var. calcicola (Greenm.) R.E.Ballard Amer. J. Bot. 73: 1462 (1986).
Bidens orendainae M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 18: 82 (1933).
Bidens paleacea Vis. Nuovi Saggi Imp. Regia Accad. Sci. Padova 5: 266 (1840).
Bidens pilosa f. alausensis Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948).
Bidens pilosa var. alausesis (Kunth) Sherff Bot. Gaz. 81: 35 (1926).
Bidens pilosa var. apiifolia Sherff Bot. Gaz. 85: 1 (1928).
Bidens pilosa var. bimucronata O.E.Schulz Symb. Antill. 7: 138 (1911).
Bidens pilosa f. bimucronata Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948).
Bidens pilosa var. brevifoliata Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 48 (1900).
Bidens pilosa f. calcicola (Sherff) Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948).
Bidens pilosa var. calcicola Sherff Bot. Gaz. 80: 377 (1925).
Bidens pilosa subvar. discoidea Pit. Iles Canaries: 226 (1909), not validly publ.
Bidens pilosa var. discoidea J.A.Schmidt Beitr. Fl. Cap Verd. Ins.: 197 (1852), not validly publ.
Bidens pilosa f. discoidea Sch.Bip. in P.B.Webb & S.Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): 242 (1844), not validly publ.
Bidens pilosa f. dissecta Sherff Bot. Gaz. 80: 379 (1925).
Bidens pilosa f. dondiifolia Sherff Bot. Gaz. 97: 607 (1936).
Bidens pilosa var. dubius O.E.Schulz Symb. Antill. 7: 135 (1911).
Bidens pilosa f. indivisa Sherff Bot. Gaz. 88: 297 (1929).
Bidens pilosa f. minor (Blume) Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948).
Bidens pilosa f. monophylla Sherff Brittonia 6: 340 (1948).
Bidens pilosa f. odorata Sherff Bot. Gaz. 81: 41 (1926).
Bidens pilosa f. pilosior Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891).
Bidens pilosa f. pinnata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891).
Bidens pilosa f. scandicina Sherff Bot. Gaz. 81: 36 (1926).
Bidens pilosa f. simplex Sherff Bot. Leafl. 8: 22 (1953).
Bidens pilosa f. subbiternata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891).
Bidens pilosa var. subbiternata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891).
Bidens pilosa f. subsimplicifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891).
Bidens pilosa f. ternata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 322 (1891).
Bidens pilosa f. triaristata Sherff Bot. Leafl. 8: 22 (1953).
Bidens pilosa var. typica Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22: 1235 (1930), not validly publ.
Bidens pilosa f. umbrosa Sherff Bot. Gaz. 90: 394 (1930).
Bidens reflexa Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 306 (1822).
Bidens rosea var. calcicola Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 41: 264 (1905).
Bidens scandicina Kunth in F.W.H.A.Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & K.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 184 (1818).
Bidens striata Schott ex Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 237 (1827).
Bidens sundaica var. minor Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 914 (1826).
Bidens taquetii H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 20: 3 (1910).
Bidens tripartita subsp. hirta (Jord.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 169 (1894).
Bidens valparadisiaca Colla Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 38: 12 (1835).
Bidens viciosoi Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 7: 78 (1908).
Ceratocephalus pilosus (L.) Rich. in F.Marthe, Cat. Pl. Jard. Méd. Paris: 91 (1801).
Coreopsis corymbifolia Buch.-Ham. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 602 (1836).
Coreopsis leucantha L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1282 (1763), orth. var. of Coreopsis leucanthema L.
Coreopsis multifida var. mutica DC. Prodr. 5: 573 (1836).
Coreopsis odorata Lam. Tabl. Encycl.: t. 704, f. 1 (1797).
Cosmea pilosa (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 615 (1826).
Cosmos pinnatus Jacq. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 426 (1840), not validly publ.
Glossogyne chinensis Less. Syn. Gen. Compos.: 212 (1832).
Kerneria dubia Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 398 (1822).
Kerneria pilosa (L.) Lowe Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 474 (1868).
Kerneria pilosa var. discoidea Lowe Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 474 (1868), not validly publ.
Kerneria tetragona Moench Methodus: 595 (1794), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bidens odorata Cav	Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
Bidens odorata Cav.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Bidens pilosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. in E & C Africa (EL-Kamali, 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Bidens pilosa L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Pl. Used in Yao Ethnomed. as Anticancer (Almosnid et al., 2018) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995) 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 pilosa L. Var. minor (Blume) Sherff.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Bidens pilosa L. var. minor (Bl.) Scherff	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Bidens pilosa L. var. minor (Blume) Sherff	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
Bidens pilosa L. var. minor Schaff.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bidens pilosa L. var. pilosa	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Bidens pilosa Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Bidens pilosa Linnaeus var. minor (Blume) Sherff	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Bidens pilosus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Bidens pinnata Noronha	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Bidens sundaica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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