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Bidens pilosa

Piripiri Kerekere

Beggar's-tick

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Beggar's-tick, Spanish Needles, Cobbler's Pegs

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Piripiri (RR MG AT MK MT PL RK), Piripiri Nīroa (AK), Pilipili (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE sw.USA - Mexico - C.America

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands - mountains (++++)

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Medicine; Invasive - moderate, Weed - serious

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
++++
++++
++++
++
P
+++
++?
+
++L

Northern Group: Present
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
P
++?
++
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Bidens pilosa Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ASTERIDAE; Asterales; ASTERACEAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
POSITIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Medicine
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Invasive - moderate, Weed - serious. Comments: NBSAP - Te Au-o-Tonga (4 of 9 weeds), NBSAP - Aitutaki (6 of 10 weeds), NBSAP - Mitiaro (5 of 10 weeds)

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Bidens pilosa.

References:
p.279 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.844 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.162 Hortus 3rd
p.5/281 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.285 I? Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.104 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.390f Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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