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XANTHIUM [5 records]

Record 1 2022-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Compositae.

OBS

cocklebur: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Compositae.

OBS

lampourde glouteron : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Compositae.

Key term(s)
  • Oriental cockleburr

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Compositae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Compositae. ... Xanthium, Cocklebur, Clotbur ... The present treatment of Xanthium in Canada must be regarded as tentative. According to Arthur Cronquist ... "The determination of species of Xanthium has become a formidable task, undertaken by many botanists only when it becomes unavoidable and then with serious misgivings."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Composées. [...] Plantes herbacées annuelles, rugueuses ou épineuses, monoïques. Feuilles alternes. Capitules staminés fasciculés au bout des rameaux.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Weed Science
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Weed of corn.

OBS

A plant of the family Compositae (Asteraceae).

OBS

spiny cocklebur: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Mauvaises herbes
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Compositae (Asteraceae).

OBS

Mauvaise herbe du maïs.

OBS

lampourde épineuse : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

Spanish

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