Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1914-2013)
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.

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vol. 62 (1975)

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p. 1118 f. 64

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Melanthera nivea (L.) Small

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name cited:
Melanthera aspera (Jacq.) Small
name cited (basionym):
Calea aspera Jacq.
name recognized:
Melanthera nivea (L.) Small
name recognized (basionym):
Bidens nivea L.

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drawing: J.L. Wilson

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family: Compositae

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epithet cited: asper, aspera, asperum

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epithet recognized: niveus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Bidens nivea L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Amellus asper (Jacq.) Kuntze; Amellus niveus (L.) Kuntze; Amellus oxylepis (DC.) Kuntze; Athanasia hastata Walter; Calea aspera Jacq.; Echinocephalum discoideum Baker; Elephantopus cuneifolius E.Fourn.; Melananthera terniflora Sessé & Moc.; Melanthera aspera (Jacq.) Small; Melanthera calcicola Britton; Melanthera canescens (Kuntze) O.E.Schulz; Melanthera carpenteri Small; Melanthera confusa Britton; Melanthera deltoidea Michx.; Melanthera discoidea (Baker) S.F.Blake; Melanthera hastata Michx.; Melanthera hastifolia S.F.Blake; Melanthera ligulata Small; Melanthera linnaei Kunth; Melanthera montana O.E.Schulz; Melanthera oxycarpha S.F.Blake; Melanthera oxylepis DC.; Melanthera parviceps S.F.Blake; Spilanthes litoralis Sessé & Moc.;