Genus

Xanthium (Cockleburs)

Xanthium orientale. Photo: (c) Giuseppe Buscemi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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

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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