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Xanthium
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Xanthium

Xanthium (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia and some parts of south Asia.

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5 branches of this group, most-observed first

rough cocklebur

speciesXanthium strumarium

common cocklebur

speciesXanthium orientale

Beach Cocklebur

speciesXanthium echinatum

Xanthium cavanillesii

speciesXanthium cavanillesii

Xanthium × vayredae

hybridXanthium × vayredae

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Xanthium in De medicinali materia libri sex

De medicinali materia libri sex

Dioscorides · 1552 · p.625

Xanthium in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.613

Xanthium in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.611

Xanthium in On Medical Materials in Six Books

On Medical Materials in Six Books

Dioscorides · 1550 · p.617

Xanthium in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.772

Xanthium in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.756

Xanthium in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.687

Xanthium in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1376

Xanthium in Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1445

Xanthium in Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.173

Xanthium in Elements of Botany

Elements of Botany

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.3

Xanthium in Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.307

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