Cardueae
(“thistles”)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Arctium burdocks	Genus	2 subtaxa	59 images	3 ident. refs
Carduus a genus of thistles	Genus	3 subtaxa	28 images
Centaurea knapweeds and star-thistles	Genus	6 subtaxa	80 images	1 ident. refs
Cirsium thistle	Genus	8 subtaxa	162 images	2 ident. refs
Serratula tinctoria Saw-wort	Species		17 images
Silybum marianum Milk Thistle	Species		3 images
[Carlina/Carduus/Cirsium] thistles	Informal	14 subtaxa	207 images	4 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Tribe	Cardueae (“thistles”)
Subfamily	LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cardueae is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

Cardueae (“thistles”) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 687 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cardueae (“thistles”)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cardueae is also a member of:

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