Bidens molokaiensis

Molokaʻi beggarticks
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Bidens
Species:	B. molokaiensis
Binomial name
Bidens molokaiensis (Hillebr.) Sherff
Synonyms[2]
Campylotheca molokaiensis Hillebr. 1888

Bidens molokaiensis, the Molokaʻi 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 on Molokaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands.[3][4]

It inhabits low shrublands and rocky shores. It is threatened by habitat loss due to the spread of invasive weeds, overgrazing, and brushfires.[1]

References

1. Bruegmann, M.M.; Caraway, V. (2003). "Bidens molokaiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T44117A10858867. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T44117A10858867.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. The International Plant Names Index, Bidens molokaiensis Sherff
3. Sherff, Earl Edward 1920. Botanical Gazette; Paper of Botanical Notes 70: 97
4. Hillebrand, Wilhelm 1888. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Hillebrand) page 212