Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2025). Global Compositae Database. Cosmos purpureus (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl.. Accessed at: https://www.compositae.org/gcd/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1092906 on 2026-08-25
original description(ofBidens purpurea DC.)Candolle, A.P. (1836). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta (Vol. 5). , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151520 page(s): 604 [details]
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Contributed data: Authors Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record (DC.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl. [CONABIO] (DC.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl. [Tropicos] Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. [IPNI] [details] Contributed data: Basionym Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record Bidens purpurea [Govaerts World Compositae Checklist A-G] [details] Contributed data: Full Name Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record Cosmos purpureus (DC.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl. [CONABIO] Cosmos purpureus (DC.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Hemsl. [Tropicos] Cosmos purpureus Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. [IPNI] [details] Contributed data: Published Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record Biologia Centrali-Americana; . . . Botany . . . 2(9): [Tropicos] [details] LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:7EF0E635-6F90-4DDD-BB58-4E82404839B7 [details]