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9148.000 Xanthium - Cockleburs
Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62
Description of the genus
Monoecious annual herbs. Leaves alternate, crenate, deeply toothed or lobed. Capitula unisexual, discoid. Male capitula terminal, spherical, many-flowered; phyllaries few, free; receptacular scales present; corolla 5-dentate. Female capitula axillary, 2-flowered; involucre enclosing and surrounding the 2 flowers, covered with hooked bristles; corolla 0; pappus 0. Achenes obovoid or oblong, enclosed in the persistent hard involucre which bears many hooked spines.Unusual-looking plants, atypical for Asteraceae. Derivation of name: from Greek: xanthos, meaning yellow, referring to the fruit which turn from green to yellow as they ripen. Worldwide: c. 3 species, now cosmopolitan Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| spinosum L. | W,C | Description, Image |
| strumarium L. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): XanthiumFlora Zambesiaca web site: Xanthium
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Xanthium
Wikipedia: Xanthium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Xanthium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Xanthium
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