Xanthium spinosum
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Xanthium
- Species
- Xanthium spinosum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Xanthium spinosum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
18 synonyms in this snapshot
- Acanthoxanthium ambrosioidesName author: (Hook. & Arn.) D.Löve
- Acanthoxanthium spinosum subsp. catharticumName author: (Kunth) D.Löve
- Acanthoxanthium spinosum subsp. spinosumName author: Not supplied
- Xanthium ambrosioidesName author: Hook. & Arn.
- Xanthium armatumName author: Humb. & Bonpl. ex Wallr.
- Xanthium mediumName author: Nossotovsky
- Xanthium multifidumName author: Larrañaga
- Xanthium spinosum f. laciniatumName author: Scheuerm. & Thell. ex Widder
- Xanthium spinosum f. praecociusName author: Bitter ex Widder
- Xanthium spinosum f. spinosumName author: Not supplied
- Xanthium spinosum var. ambrosioidesName author: (Hook. & Arn.) Love & Dans.
- Xanthium spinosum var. brachyacanthumName author: DC.
- Xanthium spinosum var. canescensName author: Costa
- Xanthium spinosum var. heterocephalumName author: Widder
- Xanthium spinosum var. inermeName author: Bel
- Xanthium spinosum var. spinosumName author: Not supplied
- Xanthium spinosum var. synacanthumName author: Widder
- Xanthium xanthocarponName author: Wallr.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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