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Bidens acuticaulis

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Tanzania to S. Trop. Africa

About

Bidens acuticaulis is an annual herbaceous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in parts of tropical Africa (from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Mozambique). There are two currently accepted varieties of this species – B. acuticaulis var. acuticaulis, and B. acuticaulis var. filirostris.

Where it grows

Bidens acuticaulis grows in parts of central Tropical Africa (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia). The varieties of Bidens acuticaulis grow in different locations – var. filirostris grows in Angola, Tanzania and Zambia while var. acuticaulis grows throughout the entirety of the species' distribution.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bidens acuticaulis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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