Cosmos caudatus
Cosmos caudatus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asterales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Coreopsideae
Genus: Cosmos
Sectio: C. sect. Cosmos
Species: Cosmos caudatus

Name edit

Cosmos caudatus Kunth, in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., 4: 188 (1818).

  • Type specimen: CUBA: near Havana. Humboldt & Bonpland s.n. Holotypus: P.

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Bidens artemisiifolia var. caudata (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 321 (1891)
    • Bidens caudata (Kunth) Sch.Bip. in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 308 (1856)
  • Heterotypic
    • Bidens artemisiifolia var. intermedia Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 321 (1891)
    • Bidens artemisiifolia var. rosea Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 321 (1891)
    • Bidens artemisiifolia f. rubra (Kuntze) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 136 (1898)
    • Bidens artemisiifolia var. rubra Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 321 (1891)
    • Bidens berteroana Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 454 (1826)
    • Bidens carnea Heer in Index Seminum (Z, Turicensis) 1842: [1] (1842)
    • Coreopsis coronata Bertero ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 420 (1840), not validly publ.
    • Coreopsis gracilis Blanco in Fl. Filip. ed. 2.: 591 (1845)
    • Cosmea caudata Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 615 (1826)
    • Cosmos pacificus var. chiapensis Melchert in Phytologia 69: 214 (1990)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize, Peru, Panama, NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas)
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo, Santander, Valle), WC-Brazil (Distrito Federal), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo), Venezuela (Delta Amacuro, Distrito Federal, Lara, Monagas), Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Piquete; Spanish needles, Wild Cosmos
español: Clavelillo
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