Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 831 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 362 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlv, xcv. [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 542 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 181, 182 [secondary reference]

common name: Bur-marigold [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 272 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 494 [secondary reference]

• Type: Bidens tripartita L.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 120 [secondary reference]

common name: Burr Marigold [n/a]

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 876 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin for '2-toothed,' and also meaning a 2-pronged fork; alluding to the awns of the pappus."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 378 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 368 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1025 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 72 [secondary reference]

Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Compositae (Asteraceae) - most genera. Flora of Central Australia: 379 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Asteraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 561 [secondary reference]

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Bidens. Flora of New South Wales 3: 278 [secondary reference]

Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthospermum - Gnaphalium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 934 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Asteraceae. Flora of Australia 50: 421-422 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 399 [secondary reference]

Harriman, N.A. (1998), (1357) Proposal to conserve the name Bidens (Asteraceae) with a conserved gender. Taxon 47: 485 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(1357) Bidens L., Sp. Pl.: 831, 1 May 1753 [Comp.], nom. cons. prop. Type: B. tripartita L., gen. fem. cons. prop."

Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 975-976 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 79 [secondary reference]

Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 411 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 104 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 7. Coreopsideae. Flora of Australia 37: 458-459 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Latin bis (two, twice) and dens (tooth), referring to the rigid awns of the fruit, which are often 2 per achene."

Applequist, W.L. (1 March 2016), Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 67. Taxon 65(1): 169-170 [secondary reference]

• Text: "(1357) To conserve Bidens L. (Asteraceae) with feminine gender... Votes: 12-5-0 (recommended)."

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