List of Cousinia species

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The following species in the flowering plant genus Cousinia are recognised by Plants of the World Online. [1] They are morphologically very similar to members of the burdock genus Arctium , but differ in their chromosome numbers. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cousinia Cass". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ↑ López-Vinyallonga, Sara; Romaschenko, Kostyantyn; Susanna, Alfonso; Garcia-Jacas, Núria (2011). "Systematics of the Arctioid group: Disentangling Arctium and Cousinia (Cardueae, Carduinae)". Taxon. 60 (2): 539–554. doi:10.1002/tax.602020. hdl: 10261/35343 .
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