Bidens rubifoliaKunth

WFO wfo-0000134296 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Bidens rubifolia, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. a Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-13 / obs. 179378404
Bidens rubifolia, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. b Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149023253
Bidens rubifolia, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. c Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144789068
Bidens rubifolia, photographed by Andrés Ramírez-Barrera
fig. d Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142804209
Bidens rubifolia, photographed by Luisa Matiz
fig. e Luisa Matiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117430414
Bidens rubifolia, photographed by Luisa Matiz
fig. f Luisa Matiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117426389
Bidens rubifolia, photographed by Luisa Matiz
fig. g Luisa Matiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117428385
Bidens rubifolia, photographed by Luisa Matiz
fig. h Luisa Matiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112926012

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Bidens rubifolia is native: Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Brazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Bidens rubifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil Southeast BZL SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bidens floribunda Kunth
  • Bidens rubifolia var. floribundus O.E.Schulz
  • Bidens rubifolia var. multibracteata Sherff
  • Bidens rubifolia var. rubifolia
  • Bidens rugulosa Turcz.
  • Coreopsis chrysantha Spreng.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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