Asteraceae

Taraxacum F.H.Wigg.

First published in Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 56 (1780)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical to Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Namibia, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Prince Edward I., Queensland, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, South Georgia, Swaziland, Tennessee, Texas, Tuamotu, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2018-0094. epublication.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Iraq

  • -   (1923). Nachträge zur Monographie der Gattung Taraxacum.
  • Dahlstedt. H. (1926). Über einige orientalische Taraxacum-Arten. Acta Horti Bergiani 9: 1–36.
  • Doll, R. (1973). Revision der Sect. Erythrosperma Dahlst. emend. Lindb. f. der Gattung Taraxacum Zinn. Teil 1, in Fedde Rep. 83: 673–740.
  • Doll, R. (1976). Revision der Sect. Erythrosperma Dahlst. emend. Lindb. f. der Gattung Taraxacum Zinn. Teil 2, in Feddes Repert. 84: 553–585.
  • Handel-Mazzetti, H.F. (1907). Monographie der Gattung Taraxacum & Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 72: 254–275.
  • Lack in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 186 [2006] (2007)
  • R. Doll (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • Wiggers Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 56 (1780)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Prim. Fl. Hols.: 56 (1780) nom. conserv.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 182 (1994), nom. conserv.
  • Prim. Fl. Hols.: 56 (1780)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1996 Aucher Eloy, P.M.R. [3459] K000808437 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1996 Maly, K. [s.n.] Czech Republic K000808353 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Pavillon, A.H.de; Pavillon, E.H.de [377] Italy K000808358 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Stewart, R.R. [9831] India K000808407 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Bicknell, C.; Pollini, L. [1995] Italy K000808338 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Lechler, W. [1103] Chile K000222232 Type Yes
Dec 21, 1931 Menzies, R.H. [11] Norway K000808398 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Sant'Ana, S.C. [30a] Brazil K000054012 Yes
Selland, S.K.; Dahlstedt, H. [s.n.] Norway K002696742 No
Rich, T.C.G. [2017-115] United Kingdom K001769725 Yes
Leland, L.; Munro, D. [27] K002697829 Yes
Breman, E.; Mills, N. [EBNM1] Norway K009001155 No
Collinder, E. [s.n.] Sweden K002696607 No
Wasum, R.; Pont, V. [1216] Brazil K001100156 Yes
Oldham, R. [459] Japan K000808416 Unknown Type Material Yes
Singh, H.B.; Soest, J.L., van [40746] India K000808411 Isotype Yes
Ohlsén, R. [547] Sweden K002696622 No
Thompson, H.P. [1133] Greece K002058263 No
Ausserdorfer [s.n.] Austria K002695307 No
Maries, C. [s.n.] Japan K000808418 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Bautista, H.P.; daSilva, M.M. [PCD4112] Brazil K000054014 Yes
Porta, P.; Rigo, [s.n.] Italy K002695311 No
Ferguson, L.F.; Ferguson, I.K. [4550] Cyprus K002058246 No
Watt, G. [2741] India K000808408 Type Yes
Oldham, R. [579] Japan K000808415 Unknown Type Material Yes
Herbert, J. [s.n.] Sweden K002696602 No
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden K002696605 No
Asplund, E.; Dahlstedt, H. [s.n.] Sweden K002696606 No
Savatier, P.A.L. [718] Japan K000808414 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stéenhoff, K. [s.n.] Sweden K002696739 No
Dahlstedt, H. [s.n.] Sweden K002696609 No
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [4] China K001790819 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [9422] India K000808412 Type Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002695342 No
Csató, J. [S.n.] Romania K002695305 No
Ross-Craig, S.; Burtt, B.L. [s.n.] Ireland K002695245 Yes
Soest, J.L.van [41530] India K000808409 Unknown Type Material Yes
Galán, De, M, A. [1902] Portugal K000768730 Type Yes
Freuchen, P. [221] Canada K000808399 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 46] United Kingdom K000914432 Yes
Dahlstedt, H. [s.n.] Sweden K002696604 No
{Adr. Fiori; Béguinot, A.; Bicknell, C.; Pollini, L.} [1996] Italy K002695313 No
Facchini [1798] Italy K002695312 No
Haglund, G. [s.n.] Sweden K002696740 No
Hind, D.J.N.; Bautista, H.P.; daSilva, M.M. [PCD4112] Brazil K000054013 Yes
Wyatt, J.W. [26] Austria K002695306 No
Glaziou, A. [17648] Brazil K001100157 Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Sant'Ana, S.C. [30a] Brazil K000054011 Yes
Lombardi, J.A.; Morais, P.O. [2819] Brazil K001100158 Yes
[R. O. Weck]; [H. S. Hengham] [s.n.] Belgium K002695259 Yes
[Ballo]., E.K. [4105] Mexico K000222225 Holotype Yes
Henry, A. [146] China K000808419 Unknown Type Material Yes
HGT; Ldd [886] Greece K002058262 No
Ross-Craig, S.; Burtt, B.L. [621] Ireland K002695244 Yes
Platt, J.W.O. [123] Greece K002058244 No
Maries, C. [s.n.] China K000808417 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H. [875] Greece K002058260 No
Davis, P.H. [956] Greece K002058261 No
Bautista, H.P. [PCD3705] Brazil K001031937 Yes
Platt, J.W.O. [403] Greece K002058245 No
Nilsson, H. [s.n.] Sweden K002696603 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0