Wiegand, K.M. (1897), Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24: 436 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Bidens connata var. comosa A.Gray legitimate

Hartley, W. (1953), Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272: 16 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Recorded by W.Hartley, in Standardized Plant Names: a revised list of standard common names for the more important Australian grasses, other pasture plants, and weeds. Bulletin (CSIRO) 272 : 16 (1953), but not supported by herbarium specimens. Now usually treated as a synonym of B. tripartita."

Orchard, A.E. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. Asteroideae Trib. 7. Coreopsideae. Flora of Australia 37: 468 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bidens connata var. comosa A.Gray legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Bidens tripartita L. legitimate

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