Arctium

See also: arctium

Translingual

Arctium lappa

Etymology

From Latin arction (“an unknown plant”).

Proper noun

Arctium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – burdock.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Carduinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Arctium lappa (great burdock) - type species; for other species see Arctium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Arctium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arctium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Arctium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arctium at USDA Plants database
• Arctium at Tropicos
• Arctium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Arctium at the Catalogue of Life 
• Arctium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Arctium at The Plant List