Arctium L.
(burdocks)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Arctium lappa
Greater Burdock
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 		Species 44 images
Arctium minus
Lesser Burdock
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 15 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusArctium (burdocks)
TribeCardueae (“thistles”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon Arctium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
Duistermaat, H. 1996 Monograph of Arctium L. (Asteraceae). Gorteria Supplement 3.
Rand, M. 2009 Hampshire Flora Group: Asteraceae workshop. http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

Arctium (burdocks) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arctium (burdocks)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 93 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arctium (burdocks)
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