Open AccessFive new species of Taraxacum section Celtica (Asteraceae) from Britain and Ireland.
Author(s) -
A. J. Richards
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
british and irish botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2632-4970
DOI - 10.33928/bib.2019.01.167
Subject(s) - taraxacum officinale , asteraceae , dandelion , geography , section (typography) , botany , biology , advertising , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , traditional chinese medicine , business
Five new species of the mostly west European Taraxacum section Celtica A.J.Richards (Asteraceae) are described. Taraxacum amicorum is only known from Somerset, England; T. atrocollinum has also been found in Devon and Ireland. Taraxacum chrysoglossum is described from Bute and is also recorded from the eastern Highlands, Scotland. Taraxacum elegantifrons occurs on light calcareous soils in Ireland. Taraxacum chlorofrugale P. Oosterv. ex A.J. Richards from Germany, Netherlands, south England and Ireland is described formally for the first time.