| Source: | Kirschner, J., Štepánek, J. & Greuter, W. (2007+): Taraxacum. – 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: | Taraxacum sect. Scariosa Hand.-Mazz. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Monogr. Taraxacum: XI. 1907 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Sectio | 
                          
                            | 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.
 Genus - Taraxacum F. H. Wigg.
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Leontodon daedaleus Sieber | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Leontodon gymnanthus Link | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Leontodon megalorhizos Forssk. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Taraxacum gymnanthum (Link) DC. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Taraxacum megalorhizon (Forssk.) Hand.-Mazz. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Taraxacum officinale subsp. gymnanthum (Link) Cout. | 
                          
                          
                            | Invalid designations: | Taraxacum bithynicum aggr., des. inval. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Taraxacum megalorhizon aggr., des. inval. | 
                          
                          
                            | Misapplied names: | "Taraxacum autumnale" sec. Zangheri, P. - Flora italica 1 (Testo) Padova 1976. | 
                          
                            |  | "Taraxacum bithynicum" sec. Guinochet, M. & Vilmorin, R. de - Flore de France 4 Paris 1982. | 
                          
                            |  | "Taraxacum bithynicum" sec. Demiri, M. - Flora ekskursioniste e shqipërisë Shtëpia Botuese e Librit Shkollor Tiranë 1983. | 
                          
                            |  | "Taraxacum bithynicum" sec. Anonymous [Association Tela Botanica] - Tela Botanica. Flore électronique. Flores en ligne, France métropolitaine - http://www.tela-botanica.org/page:eflore 2000+ (continuously updated. Accessed from 2007-2014). | 
                          
                            |  | "Taraxacum corniculatum" sec. Rechinger, K. H. (1944[“1943”]) - Flora aegaea. Flora der Inseln und Halbinseln des Ägäischen Meeres - Denkschriften, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Vienna 105(1). | 
                          
                            |  | "Taraxacum dens-leonis" sec. Rechinger, K. H. (1944[“1943”]) - Flora aegaea. Flora der Inseln und Halbinseln des Ägäischen Meeres - Denkschriften, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Vienna 105(1). | 
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                          	| Included taxa: | Taraxacum aleppicum Dahlst. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum aphrogenes Meikle | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum apollinis Dahlst. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum autumnale Castagne | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum autumnaliforme Soest | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum caramanicae Lojac. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum ciscaucasicum Schischk. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum cyprium H. Lindb. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum delphicum Dahlst. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum forellense R. Doll | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum gaditanum Talavera | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum graecum Dahlst. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum hellenicum Dahlst. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum hyberniforme Soest | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum hybernum Steven | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum inaequilobum Pomel | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum kornasii Soest | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum lenkoranense R. Doll | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum leonicum Soest | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum merinoi Soest
					
						 [provisional placement] | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum minimum (Guss.) N. Terracc. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum scolopendrinum Dahlst. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum sintenisii Dahlst. | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum uzunoglui Soest | 
                          
                          	|  | Taraxacum ziwaschum R. Doll
					
						 [provisional placement] | 
 
						  
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		| Common names: | Luleshurdhe rrënjëmadhe (Albanian), Pissenlit (French), Tarassaco a radice grossa (Italian), Едрокоренищно глухарче (Bulgarian), طَرَخْشَقون كَبير الجَذْر (Arabic)[Credits] | 
	
		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | ● Ab(A) AE(G T) Ag Al Bl(N) Bu Co Cr Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) Ir It Jo Le Lu Ma Mk Mo Rf(CS S) Sa Si(M S) Sr Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) |