Xanthium
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξάνθιον (xánthion).
Proper noun
Xanthium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – cockleburs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family Asteroideae – subfamily; Heliantheae – tribe; Ambrosiinae – subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Xanthium strumarium (rough cocklebur) – type species; Xanthium ambrosioides (Argentine cocklebur), Xanthium orientale (common cocklebur), Xanthium chinense (syn. Xanthium pungens, smoothish cocklebur), Xanthium echinatum (beach cocklebur), Xanthium spinosum (spiny cocklebur) – selected other species
References
- Xanthium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Xanthium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Xanthium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons