Cosmos bipinnatus Cav. - garden cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav. - garden cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav. - garden cosmos
MH463 : Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Bidens bipinnata Baill.;
Bidens diversifolia (Otto ex Knowles & Westc.) Sch.Bip.;
Bidens formosa (Bonato) Sch.Bip.;
Bidens lindleyi Sch.Bip.;
Coreopsis formosa Bonato;
Cosmea bipinnata (Cav.) Willd.;
Cosmea diversifolia Hort. ex Heynh.;
Cosmea tenifolia (Lindl.) Lindl. ex Heynhold;
Cosmea tenuifolia (Lindl.) J.W.Loudon;
Cosmos bipinnatus var. albiflorus Sprenger;
Cosmos bipinnatus var. bipinnatus;
Cosmos bipinnatus var. exaristatus DC.;
Cosmos bipinnatus var. typicus Sherff;
Cosmos diversifolius Otto ex Otto;
Cosmos diversifolius var. pumilus Sherff;
Cosmos diversifolius var. typicus Sherff;
Cosmos formosa Bonato;
Cosmos hybridus Auct.;
Cosmos reptans Benth.;
Cosmos spectabilis Auct.;
Cosmos spectabilis var. alba Carr.;
Cosmos spectabilis var. rosea Carr.;
Cosmos tenuifolia Lindl.;
Cosmos tenuifolius Lindl.;
Dahlia repens Hartw. ex Benth.;
Dahlia zimapani Roezl ex Ortgies;
Georgia bipinnata (Cav.) Spreng.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Cosmos Pink,
Cosmos White,
Cosmos Pied Piper Red
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| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Annual herbs, up to 3 m tall; stems slender, angulate, nodes more or less cupulate, all parts glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Leaves opposite, petiolate, bipinnately dissected; lamina ca. 2.5-11 x 2-12 cm, lobes linear-lanceolate, elliptic or filiform, acute at apex, margin entire. Capitulum solitary or terminal, di- or trichotomously branched, peduncles ca. 2-7.5 cm across; involucral bracts uniseriate, subulate, ligulate or lanceolate, acute-acuminate; flowers white, pink or red; corolla lobes truncate or dentate. Achenes ca. 1-1.5 cm long, glabrescent, linear, ribbed, with an abrupt beak; pappus 4, retrorsely barbed. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Moist soils |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | used in a traditional herbal remedy for various diseases such as jaundice, intermittent fever, and splenomegaly |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Cosmos Cav. - cosmos |
| Species | : Cosmos bipinnatus Cav. - garden cosmos |