Datasets

datasets have provided data to the Atlas of Living Australia for this genus.

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Taraxacum F.H.Wigg.
  • APC nom. cons.
According to:Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census
Published in:Wiggers, F.H. (1780), Primitiae Florae Holsaticae [56]

Taxonomy of introduced apomictic Taraxacum in Australia is not well understood. The name Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg. has been applied (in the sense of a species aggregate) to these taxa, but defined taxonomic limits and appropriate nomenclature is lacking for Australian plants. Victorian plants are discussed in detail by N.H.Scarlett, Fl. Vic. 4: 688-694 (1999).

Synonym Source
Taraxacum sect. Celtica (other taxa) heterotypic
  • APC
Published in:Scarlett, N.H. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Taraxacum. Flora of Australia 37 [107, map]
Taraxacum sp. (CANB 332098) heterotypic
  • APC
Published in:Gray, M. & Michael, P.W. (1986), List of plants collected at the old Flemington Saleyards, Sydney, New South Wales. Plant Protection Quarterly 1(4) [138]
Taraxacum [unranked] Erythrospermia H.Lindb. heterotypic orth. var.
  • APC
Published in:Lindberg, H. (1908), Taraxacum - former Fran sodra och mellersta Finland. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 29(9) [18]
Taraxacum [unranked] Erythrosperma H.Lindb. homotypic
  • APC
Published in:Lindberg, H. (1908), Taraxacum - former Fran sodra och mellersta Finland. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica 29(9) [18]
Taraxacum officinale var. glabratus Kirk synonym
  • NZOR
Taraxacum officinale var. pygmaea Hook.f. synonym
  • NZOR
Taraxacum dens-leonis Desf. synonym
  • NZOR
Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg. pro-parte
  • APC
Leontodon taraxacum L. synonym
  • NZOR
Taraxacum Group 1 Fl. Victoria (A.C.Beauglehole 67529) synonym
Taraxacum vulgare Schrank synonym
Common Name Source
Dandelion Australia Australia
Garden Dandelion Australia Australia
Name Source
Taraxacum F.H.Wigg. accepted nom. cons.
  • APC

Taxonomy of introduced apomictic Taraxacum in Australia is not well understood. The name Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg. has been applied (in the sense of a species aggregate) to these taxa, but defined taxonomic limits and appropriate nomenclature is lacking for Australian plants. Victorian plants are discussed in detail by N.H.Scarlett, Fl. Vic. 4: 688-694 (1999).

Identifier Source
http://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51748197 Taxon unknown
  • APC
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/724880 Taxon Concept current
  • APC
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/80458 Scientific Name current
  • APC
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51748197 Taxon current
  • APC

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Charophyta
class
Equisetopsida
subclass
Magnoliidae
superorder
Asteranae
order
Asterales
family
Asteraceae
genus
Taraxacum
species
Taraxacum acrophorum G.E.Haglund 
species
Taraxacum aequilobum Dahlst. 
species
Taraxacum akteum Hagend, Soest & Zevenb. 
species
Taraxacum aristum G.E.Haglund & Markl. 
species
Taraxacum bracteatum Dahlst. 
species
Taraxacum chelelobatum Sahlin 
species
Taraxacum cygnorum Hand.-Mazz. 
species
Taraxacum dens-leonis Desf. 
species
Taraxacum disseminatum G.E.Haglund 
species
Taraxacum ericinoides Hagend, Soest & Zevenb. 
species
Taraxacum erythrospermum Andrz. ex Besser 
species
Taraxacum gasparini Tineo ex Lojac. 
species
Taraxacum gracilens Dahlst. 
species
Taraxacum hamatulum Hagend, Soest & Zevenb. 
species
Taraxacum hamatum Raunk. 
species
Taraxacum hamiferum Dahlst. 
species
Taraxacum hepaticolor Soest 
species
Taraxacum insigne Ekman ex Wiinst. & K.Jess. 
species
Taraxacum kernianum Hagend, Soest & Zevenb. 
species
Taraxacum khatoonae Abedin 
species
Taraxacum kok-saghyz L.E.Rodin 
species
Taraxacum lambinonii Soest 
species
Taraxacum magellanicum Sch.Bip. 
species
Taraxacum multidentatum Soest 
species
Taraxacum oblongatum Dahlst. ex Druce 
species
Taraxacum officinale agg. 
species
Taraxacum ohritense 
species
Taraxacum pachymerum G.E.Haglund 
species
Taraxacum polyodon Dahlst. 
species
Taraxacum prionum Hagend, Soest & Zevenb. 
species
Taraxacum pruinatum M.P.Christ. 
species
Taraxacum pseudocalocephalum Soest 
species
Taraxacum quadrangulum Railons. 
species
Taraxacum retzii Soest 
species
Taraxacum sarcidanum Arrigoni 
species
Taraxacum simile Raunk. 
species
Taraxacum skanderbegii Sonck 
species
Taraxacum sp. Group 1 Fl. Victoria (A.C.Beauglehole 67529) Vic. Herbarium 
species
Taraxacum sp. Group 2 (N.H.Scarlett 82-199) Scarlett 
species
Taraxacum spathulatum 
species
Taraxacum species group 1 (A.C.Beauglehole 67529) Scarlett 
species
Taraxacum spiculatum M.P.Christ. 
species
Taraxacum squamulosum Soest 
species
Taraxacum subbracteatum A.J.Richards 
species
Taraxacum subericinum Hagend, Soest & Zevenb. 
species
Taraxacum subhuelphersianum M.P.Christ. 
species
Taraxacum zealandicum Dahlst. 

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