Xanthium strumarium
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 strumarium
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Xanthium strumarium. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Xanthium abyssinicumName author: Wallr.
- Xanthium acerosumName author: Greene
- Xanthium acutilobumName author: Millsp. & Sherff
- Xanthium acutumName author: Greene
- Xanthium affineName author: Greene
- Xanthium americanumName author: Walt.
- Xanthium americanumName author: Walter
- Xanthium arcuatumName author: Millsp. & Sherff
- Xanthium arenariumName author: Lasch
- Xanthium aridumName author: H.St.John
- Xanthium barcinonenseName author: Sennen
- Xanthium brevirostreName author: Hochst.
- Xanthium brevirostreName author: Wallr.
- Xanthium bubalocarponName author: Bush
- Xanthium californicum var. rotundifoliumName author: Widder
- Xanthium calvumName author: Millsp. & Sherff
- Xanthium campestreName author: Greene
- Xanthium cenchroidesName author: Millsp. & Sherff
- Xanthium chaseiName author: Fernald
- Xanthium chinenseName author: Mill.
- Xanthium chinense var. chinenseName author: Not supplied
- Xanthium chinense var. globuliformeName author: C.Shull
- Xanthium cloessplateaumName author: D.Z.Ma
- Xanthium communeName author: Britton
- Xanthium commune var. communeName author: Not supplied
- Xanthium cordifoliumName author: Stokes
- Xanthium crassifoliumName author: Millsp. & Sherff
- Xanthium cuneatumName author: Moench
- Xanthium curvescensName author: Millsp. & Sherff
- Xanthium cylindraceumName author: Millsp. & Sherff
- Xanthium cylindricumName author: Millsp. & Sherff
- Xanthium decalvatumName author: Widder
- Xanthium discolorName author: Wallr.
- Xanthium echinatumName author: Murray
- Xanthium echinatum subsp. echinatumName author: Not supplied
- Xanthium echinatum subsp. italicumName author: (Moretti) O.Bolòs & J.Vigo
- Xanthium echinatum var. cavanillesiiName author: (Schouw) O.Bolòs & J.Vigo
- Xanthium echinatum var. echinatumName author: Not supplied
- Xanthium echinellumName author: Greene ex Rydb.
- Xanthium echinellumName author: Greene
- Xanthium fuscescensName author: Jord. & Fourr.
- Xanthium glanduliferumName author: Greene
- Xanthium globosumName author: C.Shull
- Xanthium homothalamumName author: Spreng.
- Xanthium inaequilaterumName author: DC.
- Xanthium indicumName author: Klatt
- Xanthium indicumName author: DC.
- Xanthium indicum var. inaequilaterumName author: (DC.) Miq.
- Xanthium indicum var. indicumName author: Not supplied
- Xanthium inflexumName author: Mack. & Bush
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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