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Twelve new native Taraxacum species from the Nordic countries
Author(s) -
Øllgaard Hans
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/njb.00711
Subject(s) - sect , biology , botany , ecology
Eleven native Taraxacum species from Norden are described as new: T. acutilimbatum, T. frondatum, T. latulum, T. thorvaldii, T. wendtii and T. wessbergii (all in T . sect. Erythrosperma ), T. danicum (sect. Palustria ), T. conspersum and T. lentiginosum (sect. Naevosa ), T. pietii‐oosterveldii (sect. Celtica ) and T. ovillum (sect. Spectabilia ). They are compared with morphologically similar species, and their ecological preferences are outlined. Known distribution areas and lists of paratypes are given. Taraxacum polyschistum Dahlst. forma oelandicum G. E. Haglund (sect. Erythrosperma ) is given status of species.