The genus Taraxacum in the Nordic and Baltic countries: Types of all specific, subspecific and varietal taxa, including type locations and sectional belonging
C.-F. Lundevall 1 & Hans Øllgaard 2
Affiliations
- Gardesviigen 35, S-18141 Lidingo, Sweden
- Lupinstien 7, Birgittelyst, DK-8800 Viborg, Denmark
Abstract
An alphabetical list of all published specific and infraspecific taxa in the genus Taraxacum (Asteraceae), found in the Nordic and Baltic countries (Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden), is presented, including information about their resp. type specimens (literature with first published protologue, herbarium, identification data, notes). In total, 424 untypified taxa are typified in this paper. An appendix, listing taxa with lacking typification, is added. Two taxa are given resp. a new status and a new name, viz. Taraxacum canaliculatum (Lindb. fil.) f. potens Lundevall & H. Oellgaard stat. nov., and Taraxacum oddense Lundevall nom. nov. The sectional belonging of the resp. species, based on morphological features, is added.
Keywords
Asteraceae, Taraxacum, nomenclature, Europe, Nordic and Baltic countries, taxon list, typification
How to cite
Lundevall C.-F. & Øllgaard H. (1999) The genus Taraxacum in the Nordic and Baltic countries: Types of all specific, subspecific and varietal taxa, including type locations and sectional belonging. – Preslia 71: 43