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Cousinia
Cousinia pterocaulos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Carduoideae
Tribe:	Cardueae
Subtribe:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Cousinia Cass.
Synonyms
Auchera DC. Lipskyella Juz. Tiarocarpus Rech.f.

The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 650-700 described species distributed in central and western Asia.

Many of the species in this genus were once classified in genus Arctium (the burdocks).

Species

References

1. ^ "Cousinia Cass". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
2. López-Vinyallonga, Sara; Romaschenko, Kostyantyn; Susanna, Alfonso; Garcia-Jacas, Núria (2011). "Systematics of the Arctioid group: Disentangling Arctium and Cousinia (Cardueae, Carduinae)". Taxon. 60 (2): 539–554. doi:10.1002/tax.602020. hdl:10261/35343.

External links

• USDA GRIN
• Mehregan, I. & Kadereit, J. W.: Taxonomic revision of Cousinia sect. Cynaroideae (Asteraceae, Cardueae). Willdenowia 38: 293-362. Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

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