Bidens campylotheca waihoiensis

Bidens campylotheca waihoiensis NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

ITIS Reports — Bidens campylotheca waihoiensis ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. The goal of Native Plants Hawaii (NPH) is to create and establish a single, comprehensive and searchable online database / knowledgebase with information updated by participating nurseries and specialists. This will connect local nurseries to landscape architects and home growers to promote the use and understanding of local native plants. Also campylotheca is a relatively widespread with many small populations on Hawaiʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi. It is listed as Vulnerable (IUCN). On Oʻahu this subspecies is found only in the Hauʻula area in the windward northern Koʻolau Mountains.

Bidens campylotheca, the viper beggarticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Bidens, collectively called kokoʻolau or koʻokoʻolau in the Hawaiian language. It is found only in the Hawaiian Islands.

Its natural habitat is lowland moist forests. It is threatened by habitat loss due to the spread of invasive weeds and brushfires.

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