AusTraits

Bidens bipinnata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Bidens bipinnata L.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bidens bipinnata L. var. bipinnata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Bidens bipinnatus F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
  • Bidens subalternans var. araneosa Orchard (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bidens subalternans DC. (misapplied)
  • Bidens subalternans DC. var. subalternans (misapplied)
  • Bidens subalternans var. simulans Sherff (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (31), ATRP_2020 (2), Cooper_2013 (9), Crowley_2007 (2), Jurado_1991 (5), Lord_1997 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (10), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (4), Nano_2011 (2), Schmidt_2003 (12), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (4), Wenk_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 106 records in 19 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 16.75 mm (8-26 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (2); brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 79.17 mm (35-170 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 55 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); lanceolate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (4); unlobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (3); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Schmidt_2003]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (12); shrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Jurado_1991; Lord_1997; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (2) [sources: Jurado_1991; Lord_1997]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 39.75 mg/g (39.5-40 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -30.55 {delta}[ppth] (-30.55--30.55 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.09 mg (3.9-4.29 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991; Lord_1997]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.99 m (0.1-1.6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231331Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Schmidt_2003912S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
NHNSW_2023810N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cooper_201389W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_202236Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Jurado_199155E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
NTH_202344D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202224E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Lord_199733J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ATRP_202022F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NHNSW_202222N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_202222D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202312E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.