Xanthopappus is a genus of Chinese flowering plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Xanthopappus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cardueae
Subtribe: Onopordinae
Genus: Xanthopappus
C.Winkler
Species:
X. subacaulis
Binomial name
Xanthopappus subacaulis
C.Winkler
Synonyms[1]
  • Carduus euosmus Forrest ex W.W.Sm.
  • Xanthopappus multicephalus Ling
Species

The only known species is Xanthopappus subacaulis, native to the Provinces of Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan.[1][4]

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