| Cousinia | |
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| Cousinia pterocaulos | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Carduoideae |
| Tribe: | Cardueae |
| Subtribe: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Cousinia Cass. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus Cousinia of the tribe Cardueae is in its current circumscription one of the larger genera in the Asteraceae, with approximately 650-700 species distributed in central and western Asia.[2][1]
Many of the species in this genus were once classified in genus Arctium (the burdocks).