Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 832 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Virginia."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 543 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84, 142 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1882), Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 5: 88 [secondary reference]

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

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

Domin, K. (1930), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 1235 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 263 [secondary reference]

Koster, J.T. (1979), The Compositae of New Guinea VI. Blumea 25(1/2): 262-263 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 665 [secondary reference]

common name: Beggar's Ticks [n/a] common name: Cuckolds [n/a] common name: Spanish Needles [n/a]

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, Fig. 480 [secondary reference]

common name: Bipinnate beggar-ticks [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 163 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Bipinnate Beggar's Ticks [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 9 [secondary reference]

Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Bidens. Flora of New South Wales 3: 279 [secondary reference]

common name: Bipinnate Beggar's Ticks [n/a]

Lawrence, M.E. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Acanthospermum - Gnaphalium. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 934, Fig. 286A, 287C [secondary reference]

common name: Bipinnate Beggar's Ticks [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 302 [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 64-65 [secondary reference]

common name: Beggar's Ticks [n/a]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999), Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs: 57 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003), Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines: Code 3363 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Spanish Needles [n/a] common name: Bipinnate Beggar's Ticks [n/a]

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

orthographic variant: Bidens bipinnatus F.Muell. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 7. Coreopsideae. Flora of Australia 37: 463, 465 [secondary reference]

common name: Bipinnate Beggar's Ticks [n/a]

State Herbarium of South Australia (2017), Census of South Australian Plants, Algae and Fungi: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Bidens subalternans var. simulans Sherff legitimate by State Herbarium of South Australia (2017), Census of South Australian Plants, Algae and Fungi: -

Bean, A.R. (September 2020), A reassessment of Bidens (Asteraceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 184: 44 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Bidens subalternans var. simulans Sherff legitimate misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 11 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Bidens subalternans var. simulans Sherff legitimate misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. var. subalternans legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Bidens bipinnatus F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bidens bipinnata L. var. bipinnata legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bidens subalternans var. araneosa Orchard legitimate misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. legitimate by Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 378 misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. legitimate by Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 665 misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. legitimate by Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 72 misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. legitimate by Everett, J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Bidens. Flora of New South Wales 3: 279 misapplication: Bidens subalternans var. simulans Sherff legitimate by Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 7. Coreopsideae. Flora of Australia 37: 466-467, Fig. 64N-Q, map misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. var. subalternans legitimate by Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 7. Coreopsideae. Flora of Australia 37: 466, map misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. legitimate by Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 7. Coreopsideae. Flora of Australia 37: 465

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

taxonomic synonym: Bidens subalternans var. araneosa Orchard legitimate misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. var. subalternans legitimate misapplication: Bidens subalternans var. simulans Sherff legitimate misapplication: Bidens subalternans DC. legitimate

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