Xanthium

Xanthium
Xanthium strumarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Xanthium
L.
Type species
Xanthium strumarium[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Xanthium sect. Euxanthium DC.
  • Acanthoxanthium (DC.) Fourr.
  • Xanthium sect. Acanthoxanthium DC.

Xanthium (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia and some parts of south Asia.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ lectotype designated by J.P. Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon ser. 2 17: 110 (1869)
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Xanthium L.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference g was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 987 in Latin