Two new apomictic Taraxacum microspecies of the section Erythrosperma from Central Europe.

Radim J. Vašut 1 , Jan Štěpánek 2 3 & Jan Kirschner 2

Affiliations

  1. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 11, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
  2. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic
  3. Herbarium of the Charles University, Faculty of Sciences, Benátská 2, CZ-128 01 Praha, Czech Republic
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Abstract

Two new species, Taraxacum maricum and Taraxacum cristatum, of the section Erythrosperma from Central Europe are described in this paper. These species are similar to western European taxa, T. maricum to T. proximum, and T. cristatum is morphologically close to T. scanicum. Both new taxa are triploid apomictic microspecies. Specific characteristics, information on distribution and ecology and comparison with similar species are presented. Pictures and distribution maps of the new species are also included.

Keywords

Central Europe, chromosome number, geographical distribution, new species, Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma, taxonomy

How to cite

Vašut R. J., Štěpánek J. & Kirschner J. (2005) Two new apomictic Taraxacum microspecies of the section Erythrosperma from Central Europe. – Preslia 77: 197–210