Taxon: Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.

Common names:

• cosmos   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• garden cosmos   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• Mexican-aster   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• da bosi ju   (Source: F Taiwan ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• qiu ying   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• cosmos   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• fiederblättriges Schmuckkörbchen   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• girasol morado   (Source: F Valle Mex ) – Spanish
  
• mirasol   (Source: F Valle Mex ) – Spanish
  
• rosenskära   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F Guat; F NGalicia; Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (used in perfumery fide Flower Oils)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [s.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas [s.]
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India; Nepal
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Queensland
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Belgium
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Croatia; Montenegro; Romania; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Utah
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Hispaniola
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Guatemala
  Brazil: Brazil - Sao Paulo
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia
  Southern South America: Argentina

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Norway
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Slovakia
  Southeastern Europe: Greece; Italy
  Southwestern Europe: France

• also cultivated

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976–. Flores des Mascareignes.
• Breedlove, D. E., ed. 1981–. Flora of Chiapas.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000–. Flora of Siberia (English translation).
• Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975–1979. Flora of Taiwan.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Pajaujis Anonis, D. 1993. Flower oils and floral compounds in perfumery. [mentions].
• Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1979–. Flora fanerogámica del Valle de México.
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991–. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cosmos bipinnatus.

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Synonyms:

• (=) Bidens formosa (Bonato) Sch. Bip.
  
• (=) Coreopsis formosa Bonato
  

Check other web resources for Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.:

• Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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