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	Xanthium spinosum  L.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus:  Xanthium  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Xanthium:		Greek plant name, xanthos = yellow ( Xanthium strumarium has formerly been used as dyeing plant)
	spinosum:		spiny

Fig. 1:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr GR Peloponnes, Egio 4.9.2007

Fig. 2:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr GR Peloponnes, Egio 4.9.2007

Fig. 3:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr GR Peloponnes, Egio 4.9.2007

Fig. 4:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr GR Zagoria, Vikos - Gorge 26.8.2007

Fig. 5:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr GR Zagoria, Vikos - Gorge 26.8.2007

Fig. 6:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr E Usun 20.8.2011

Fig. 7:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr E Usun 20.8.2011

Fig. 8:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr E Usun 20.8.2011

Fig. 9:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr E Picos de Europa, Potes 16.8.2012

Fig. 10:  Xanthium spinosum / Spiny Cocklebur, Bathurst Burr E Picos de Europa, Potes 16.8.2012

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