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Genus

Xanthium (Cockleburs)

Xanthium spinosum. Photo: (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Xanthium (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family, native to the Americas and eastern Asia.

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
      • Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
        • Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
          • Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
            • Order: Asterales (Sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
              • Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
                • Subfamily: Asteroideae
                  • Tribe: Heliantheae (Sunflowers and allies)
                    • Subtribe: Ambrosiinae (Cockleburs, ragweeds, and wild quinines)
                      • Genus: Xanthium (Cockleburs)
                        • Species: Xanthium spinosum (Spiny cocklebur)
                        • Species: Xanthium strumarium (Rough cocklebur)
                        • Species: Xanthium orientale (Californian bur)

Subtaxa

Species: Xanthium spinosum (Spiny cocklebur)

Species: Xanthium strumarium (Rough cocklebur)

Species: Xanthium orientale (Californian bur)

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