Cirsium tuberosum (L.) All.
(Tuberous Thistle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cirsium tuberosum (Tuberous Thistle)
Genus	Cirsium (thistle)
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)

Cirsium tuberosum is also a member of:
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Cirsium)
Carlina/Carduus/Cirsium - thistles (via Cirsium)
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Asteraceae)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Gibbons, B.	2002	Tuberous Thistle	Vol 13, No 5 Page: 339

Cirsium tuberosum (Tuberous Thistle) may also 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)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cirsium tuberosum (Tuberous Thistle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cirsium tuberosum (Tuberous Thistle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cirsium tuberosum is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)