Cirsium tuberosum (L.) All.
(Tuberous Thistle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCirsium tuberosum (Tuberous Thistle)
GenusCirsium (thistle)
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
Gibbons, B. 2002 Tuberous Thistle Vol 13, No 5 Page: 339

Cirsium tuberosum (Tuberous Thistle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cirsium tuberosum (Tuberous Thistle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cirsium tuberosum (Tuberous Thistle)
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