Arctium
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Arctium lappa
See also: arctium
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin arction (“an unknown plant”).
Proper noun
Arctium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – burdock.
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; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Carduinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Arctium lappa (great burdock) - type species; for other species see
Arctium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Arctium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Arctium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Arctium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Arctium at USDA Plants database
- Arctium at Tropicos
- Arctium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Arctium at the Catalogue of Life
- Arctium at Encyclopedia of Life
- Arctium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Arctium at The Plant List
