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Xanthium spinosum
(Asteraceae)

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Species description or overview

Xanthium spinosum information from PIER
Information on Xanthium spinosum as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Xanthium spinosum description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Xanthium spinosum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Xanthium spinosum
Nomenclatural information about Xanthium spinosum is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Xanthium spinosum
Nomenclatural information about Xanthium spinosum is provided by ITIS.

Impacts

Xanthium spinosum (Asteraceae): species information from GCW
Information on Xanthium spinosum as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Xanthium spinosum impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Xanthium spinosum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Control methods

Xanthium spinosum management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Xanthium spinosum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Images

Xanthium spinosum images from PIER
Images of Xanthium spinosum provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Xanthium spinosum worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Xanthium spinosum is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Weeds of the West
Whitson, Tom D., Larry C. Burrill, Steven A. Dewey, David W. Cudney, B.E. Nelson, Richard D. Lee, and Robert Parker. Whitson, Tom D. (ed.) . 2001. Weeds of the West. 9th ed. Laramie: University of Wyoming. ISBN: 0-941570-13-4.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Experts

Xanthium spinosum contacts from GISD (ISSG)
Contact information for experts on Xanthium spinosum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Other resources

Xanthium spinosum references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Xanthium spinosum as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

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