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As a workbench study related to a revision of the genus Arctium (meanwhile published), a c1adistic analysis of the genera Arctium and Cousinia p.p. is presented. The data matrix inc1udes 30 (micro-)morphological characters for 26 species. Cousinia is shown to be paraphyletic, with the paraphyletic C. subg. Cynaroides closely related to Arctium S.str., which is itself monophyletic.