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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ASTERALES
(daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles)
LACTUCOIDEAE
(“dandelions”)
Cardueae
(“thistles”)
Carduus
(a genus of thistles)
Carduus
is also a member of:
Tall Woody Herbs
Carlina/Carduus/Cirsium
(via Carduus)
Herbaceous Plants
(via Asteraceae)
Macrophytes
(via Spermatophyta)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Carduus (a genus of thistles)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Species Carduus crispus L. (Welted Thistle) 3
Species Carduus nutans L. (Musk Thistle) 14
Species Carduus tenuiflorus Curtis (Slender Thistle) 11

Suggested Literature

Carduus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 PLANTAE
(plants)		 SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)		 MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)		 ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 92 feeding and other relationships of Carduus (a genus of thistles)

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