Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Bidens. Flora of Australia 37: 608 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W.A., 5.2 miles [c. 8 km] W of Marandoo campsite on the new Tom Price road, 30 Jan. 1976, M.E.Trudgen 1636; holo: PERTH; iso: CANB."

• Etymology: "The epithet is chosen to mean 'spider-like', the long hairy involucral bracts resembling spiders legs."

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 7. Coreopsideae. Flora of Australia 37: 467, Fig. 64R-W, map [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, NT

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 120 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bidens bipinnata L. legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 8 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bidens bipinnata L. legitimate

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