Cosmos caudatus

Kunth (1818)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Cosmos

Description

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Leaves: Leaves simple. Apex acute, or mucronulate. Margins bipinnately lobed, ciliate, entire, pinnately lobed, or tripinnately lobed.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Potentially Naturalizing

Island Status

Hawai'i Potentially Naturalizing

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

Bibliography

Name Published In: Nov. Gen. Sp. 4(17): 188 (ed. fol.) (1818)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:242 (H? [Hillebrand (1888) reported it as naturalized, not vouchered since], DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cosmos caudatus Kunth unknown PreservedSpecimen Mann, H. Brigham, W.T. Collector Number: s.n. BISH Specimen