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Cirsium  Mill.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 36334

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): thistle [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2009   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderAsterales   
                            FamilyAsteraceae  – sunflowers, tournesols  
                               GenusCirsium Mill. – thistle  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Cirsium altissimum (L.) Hill – tall thistle, roadside thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium andersonii (A. Gray) Petr. – rose thistle, Anderson's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium andrewsii (A. Gray) Jeps. – Franciscan thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium arizonicum (A. Gray) Petr. – Arizona thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. – Canada thistle, Canadian thistle, Californian thistle, creeping thistle, field thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium barnebyi S.L. Welsh & Neese – Barneby's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium brevifolium Nutt. – Palouse thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium brevistylum Cronquist – clustered thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium X canalense Petr. – canal thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium canescens Nutt. – prairie thistle, Platte thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium canum (L.) All. – Queen Anne's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium carolinianum (Walter) Fernald & B.G. Schub. – soft thistle, Carolina thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium ciliolatum (L.F. Hend.) J.T. Howell – Ashland thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium clavatum (M.E. Jones) Petr. – Fish Lake thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium crassicaule (Greene) Jeps. – slough thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium X crassum Petr. – thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium cymosum (Greene) J.T. Howell – peregrine thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng. – field thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium douglasii DC. – Douglas' thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium drummondii Torr. & A. Gray – dwarf thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium eatonii (A. Gray) B.L. Rob. – Eaton's thistle, mountaintop thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium edule Nutt. – edible thistle, Hall's thistle, cardoon 
                                  Species Cirsium engelmannii Rydb. – Engelmann's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium flodmanii (Rydb.) Arthur – Flodman's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium foliosum (Hook.) DC. – elk thistle, Drummond's thistle, leafy thistle, meadow thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium fontinale (Greene) Jeps. – fountain thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium grahamii A. Gray – Graham's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium helenioides (L.) Hill – melancholy thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium hookerianum Nutt. – white thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium horridulum Michx. – yellow thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium hydrophilum (Greene) Jeps. – Suisun thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium inamoenum (Greene) D.J. Keil  
                                  Species Cirsium X iowense (Pammel) Fernald (pro sp.) – Iowa thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium japonicum Fisch. ex DC. – Japanese thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium joanne S.L. Welsh, N.D. Atwood & L.C. Higgins – Joanna's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium kamtschaticum Ledeb. ex DC. – Kamchatka thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium lecontei Torr. & A. Gray – Le Conte's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium longistylum J.W. Moore & Frankton – longstyle thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium mexicanum DC. – Mexican thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium mohavense (Greene) Petr. – Mojave thistle, virgin thistle, Rusby's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium muticum Michx. – swamp thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium neomexicanum A. Gray – New Mexico thistle, powderpuff thistle, Utah thistle, lavender thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium nuttallii DC. – Nuttall's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium occidentale (Nutt.) Jeps. – cobwebby thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium ochrocentrum A. Gray – yellowspine thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium ownbeyi S.L. Welsh – Ownbey's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium palustre (L.) Scop. – marsh thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium parryi (A. Gray) Petr. – Parry's thistle, pale thistle, Cloudcroft thistle, Gila thistle, Mogollon thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium perplexans (Rydb.) Petr. – Rocky Mountain thistle, spring thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium pitcheri (Torr. ex Eaton) Torr. & A. Gray – sand dune thistle, Pitcher's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium praeteriens J.F. Macbr. – Palo Alto thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium pulcherrimum (Rydb.) K. Schum. – Wyoming thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium pumilum Spreng. – pasture thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium pyrenaicum (Jacq.) All. – Pyrenean thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium quercetorum (A. Gray) Jeps. – Alameda County thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium remotifolium (Hook.) DC. – fewleaf thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium repandum Michx. – sandhill thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium rhothophilum S.F. Blake – surf thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium rydbergii Petr. – Rydberg's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium scabrum (Poir.) Bonnet & Barratte – rough thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium scariosum Nutt. – meadow thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium texanum Buckley – Texas thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium tracyi (Rydb.) Petr. – Tracy's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium turneri Warnock – cliff thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium undulatum (Nutt.) Spreng. – wavyleaf thistle, gray thistle, wavy-leaf thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium validus Greene – graceful thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium X vancouverense J.W. Moore & Frankton – Vancouver thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium vinaceum Woot. & Standl. – Sacramento Mountains thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium virginianum (L.) Michx. – Virginia thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. – bull thistle, common thistle, spear thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium wheeleri (A. Gray) Petr. – Wheeler's thistle 
                                  Species Cirsium wrightii A. Gray – Wright's thistle, Wright's marsh thistle 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: David J. Keil  
  Notes: Director, Curator, Robert F. Hoover Herbarium, Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA   
  Reference for: Cirsium    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Asteraceae of North America Update, database (version 2010.5.13)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Update coordinated by the International Compositae Alliance (TICA) (http://www.compositae.org/) through the Smithsonian Institution in collaboration with the USDA National Plant Data Center   
  Reference for: Cirsium   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cirsium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cirsium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cirsium   
       
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