Bidens campylotheca

Viper beggarticks

Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Coreopsidinae
Genus:	Bidens
Species:	B. campylotheca
Binomial name
*Bidens campylotheca* Schultz-Bip.
Synonyms^[1]
Bidens magnidisca O.Deg. & Sherff Campylotheca grandiflora DC. Coreopsis macraei A.Gray Bidens glaucescens Greene, Synonym of subsp. pentamera Bidens pentamera (Sherff) O.Deg. & Sherff, Synonym of subsp. pentamera

Bidens campylotheca, the viper beggarticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Bidens, collectively called kokoʻolau or koʻokoʻolau in the Hawaiian language. It is found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Its natural habitat is lowland moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss due to the spread of invasive weeds and brushfires.^[2]

Subspecies^[1]

Bidens campylotheca subsp. campylotheca
Bidens campylotheca subsp. pentamera (Sherff) Ganders & Nagata

References

1 2 The Plant List, Bidens campylotheca Sch.Bip.
↑ Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. (2003). Bidens campylotheca. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 20 July 2007.

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