Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Arctium L.
, legitimate, scientific
[Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5]:
357
[primary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6]:
2008
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
276
[secondary reference]
[Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3]:
547
[secondary reference]
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Lectotype:
Arctium lappa L.
[Arenes, J. (1950), Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'Etat a Bruxelles 20]:
67-156
[secondary reference]
[Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2]:
375
[secondary reference]
[Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants]:
1025
[secondary reference]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
71
[secondary reference]
[Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Arctium. Flora of New South Wales 3]:
320
[secondary reference]
common name:
Burdock
[n/a]
[Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Asteraceae. Flora of Victoria 4]:
666
[secondary reference]
[Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8]:
136, Fig. 33
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
63
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Lappa Scop.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arctium sect. Lappa Kuntze
nom. inval.
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APC Dist.:
NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
[Bean, A.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Asteraceae Subfam. 2. Carduoideae Trib. 1. Cardueae. Flora of Australia 37]:
66
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"derived from the Greek arctos (bear), probably in reference to the clawed involucre."
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Text:
"The hooked involucral bracts of Arctium spp. provided the inspiration for "Velcro" fabric fasteners."