Xanthium


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Noun1.Xanthium - coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr - any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
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The alien plants, the report mentioned, invading local vegetation in Pakistan include Brossentia papyrifera (found in Islamabad Capital territory), Parthenium hysterophorus (found in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces), Prosopis juliflora (found all over Pakistan), Eucalyptus camaldulensis (found in Punjab and Sindh provinces), Salvinia (aquatic plant widely distributed in water bodies in Sindh), Cannabis sativa (found in Islamabad Capital Territory), Lantana camara and Xanthium strumarium (found in upper Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces).
Biomass allocation and light partitioning among dominant and subordinate individuals in Xanthium canadense stands.
Nevertheless, the presence of species found in the pollen record such as Cotula, Xanthium and Centaurea, which are exotic in Southamerica may be considered indicators of anthropic environments.
0,75 48,0 16,0 27,27 bean Euphorbia heterophylla 0,25 8,0 8,0 9,09 Gray velvet Ipomoea spp 0,75 40,0 13,33 37,5 Euphorbia heterophylla 0,25 4,0 4,0 12,5 bean Xanthium strumarium 0,75 24,0 8,0 37,5 Dwarf velvet Ipomoea spp.
Sharma, "Phytofabrication of silver nanoparticles using aqueous leaf extract of Xanthium strumerium L.
Pollen types identified from Refahiye propolis Taxa/Family % Taxa/Family % Apiaceae 1.2 Fagaceae Asteraceae Quercus 11.2 Echinate type 9.2 Lamiaceae 2.6 Scabrate type 1.2 Thymus 1 Xanthium 2 Phlomis 0.6 Taraxacum 1.8 Rosaceae 1.8 Carthamus 4.2 Sanguisorba 0.6 Centaurea 1.8 Salicaceae Betulaceae Salix 5 Betula 0.4 Populus 4 Boraginaceae 8.8 Pinaceae Onosma 0.6 Pinus 0.2 Brassicaceae 0.6 Poaceae 0.6 Campanulaceae 1 Unidentified 1.2 Fabaceae 20.2 Astragalus 10.2 Onobrychis 8 Table 2.
and 'Xanthium strumarium L.' are favorite hosts of mastrevirus (Nahid et al., 2008; Schwinghamer et al., 2010; Mubin et al., 2012).
Cheng, "Caffeic acid as active principle from the fruit of Xanthium strumarium to lower plasma glucose in diabetic rats," Planta Medica, vol.