Name:		Cnicus L. [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Compositae Giseke [Family] Asterales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Cnicus altissimus Willd. Cnicus argyracanthus C.B. Clarke Cnicus arvensis (L.) Hoffm. Cnicus arvensis Hook. Cnicus benedictus L. Cnicus breweri A. Gray Cnicus californicus A. Gray Cnicus darwasicus C. Winkl. Cnicus lanceolatus Willd. Cnicus oleraceus L. Cnicus palustris Sibth. & Sm. Cnicus palustris Willd. Cnicus remotifolius A. Gray Cnicus undulatus A. Gray Cnicus wallichii Hook. f.
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]