Five new species of Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia from Central Europe and Denmark.

Bohumil Trávníček 1 , Jan Kirschner 2 & Jan Štěpánek 2

Affiliations

  1. Department of Botany, Palacký University, Faculty of Science, Svobody 26, CZ-771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
  2. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic
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Abstract

A detailed study of Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia for the 8th volume of the Flora of the Czech Republic revealed five new agamospermous species, viz. T. atroviride Štěpánek et Trávníček, T. clarum Kirschner, Štěpánek et Trávníček, T. moldavicum Chán, H. Ollgaard, Štěpánek, Trávníček et Žíla, T. urbicola Kirschner, Štěpánek et Trávníček and T. violaceifrons Trávníček. These species are formally described, thoroughly characterized morphologically and compared with similar taxa. They are known from numerous localities in Central Europe; T. moldavicum, in addition to the Central European distribution, is known to occur in two regions in Denmark. All these species are also documented by photographs of their general habit and important features.

Keywords

Central Europe, Denmark, chorology, new species, sect. Ruderalia, Taraxacum, taxonomy

How to cite

Trávníček B., Kirschner J. & Štěpánek J. (2008) Five new species of Taraxacum sect. Ruderalia from Central Europe and Denmark. – Preslia 80: 27–59