| Source: | Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
 
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                            | Name: | Sonchus L. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Sp. Pl.: 793. 1753 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Genus | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Asteranae
 Ordo - Asterales
 Familia - Compositae Giseke
 Tribus - Cichorieae Lam. & DC.
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Aetheorhiza Cass. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Atalanthus D. Don | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Babcockia Boulos | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Chrysoprenanthes (Sch. Bip.) Bramwell | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Lactucosonchus (Sch. Bip.) Svent. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Sventenia Font Quer | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Taeckholmia Boulos, nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Wildpretia U. Reifenb. & A. Reifenb., nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Prenanthes subg. Chrysoprenanthes Sch. Bip. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Sonchus subg. Lactucosonchus Sch. Bip. | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Sonchus acaulis Dum. Cours. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus arboreus DC. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus arvensis L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus asper (L.) Hill | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus bornmuelleri Pit. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus bourgeaui Sch. Bip. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus brachylobus Sch. Bip. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus bulbosus (L.) N. Kilian & Greuter | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus bupleuroides (Font Quer) N. Kilian & Greuter | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus canariensis (Sch. Bip.) Boulos | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus capillaris Svent. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus cavanillesii Caball. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus congestus Willd. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus crassifolius Willd. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus erzincanicus V. A. Matthews | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus esperanzae N. Kilian & Greuter | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus fauces-orci Knoche | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus fruticosus L. f. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus gandogeri Pit. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus gomerensis Boulos | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus gummifer Link | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus heterophyllus (Boulos) U. Reifenb. & A. Reifenb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus hierrensis (Pit.) Boulos | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus leptocephalus Cass. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus lidii Boulos | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus macrocarpus Boulos & C. Jeffrey | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus maculigerus H. Lindb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus maritimus L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus mauritanicus Boiss. & Reut. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus microcarpus (Boulos) U. Reifenb. & A. Reifenb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus microcephalus Mejías | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus oleraceus L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus ortunoi Svent. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus palmensis (Webb) Boulos | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus palustris L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus pendulus (Webb) Sennikov | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus pinnatifidus Cav. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus pinnatus Aiton | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus pitardii Boulos | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus platylepis Webb | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus pustulatus Willk. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus radicatus Aiton | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus regis-jubae Pit. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus sosnowskyi Schchian | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus suberosus Zohary & P. H. Davis | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus sventenii U. Reifenb. & A. Reifenb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus tectifolius Svent. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus tenerrimus L. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus tuberifer Svent. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus ustulatus Lowe | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus webbii Sch. Bip. | 
                          
                          	|  | Sonchus wildpretii U. Reifenb. & A. Reifenb. | 
 
						  
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		| Common names: | Eteorica (Albanian), Gänsedistel (German), Grespino (Italian), Laiteron (French), Mīkstpiene (Latvian), Mlecz (Polish), Molkar (Swedish), Radicchiella (Italian), Rrëshyell (Albanian), Sow-thistle (English), Кострец (Bulgarian), Осот (Russian), Сусай (Moldovian), Իշամառոլ (Armenian), Կաթնբեկ (Armenian), מרור (Israel (Hebrew)), מָרוֹר (Israel (Hebrew)), ניסנית (Israel (Hebrew)), נִיסָנִית (Israel (Hebrew)), أَثـْيوريزَة (Arabic), تِفاف (Arabic), Piimohakas (Estonian)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Ab(A N) AE(G T) Ag Al Ar Au(A L) Az(T) Be(B L) BH Bl(I M N) Br Bu By Ca(C F G H L P T) Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Da Eg Es Fa Fe Ga(C F M) Ge Gg Gr Hb(E N) He Ho Hs(A G S) Hu Ir It Jo La Le Li Lt Lu Ma Md(D M P) Mk Mo No Po Rf(C CS E K N NW S) Rm Sa dSg Si(M S) Sk Sl Sn Sr Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Az(C F G J L M P S) aIs] |