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Cousinia
Sign in to saveThe 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAfghanistan, East European Russia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan
Observations recorded10,386
刺头菊属（学名：Cousinia）是菊科下的一个属，为草本植物。该属共有约400种，分布于地中海东部和西亚。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 205
- With media
- 184
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- MICH, MU, MO, SFV, GH
- Recorded in
- Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United States
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- 刺头菊属
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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).
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