Kingdom: Plantae > Division: Tracheophyta > Class: Magnoliopsida > Order: Asterales > Family: Compositae > Genus: Taraxacum > Species: Taraxacum officinale > See subspecies
Scientific name Source
Taraxacum officinale subsp. officinale var. alpestre Hegetschw Fiori Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2001)
Taraxacum officinale subsp. officinale var. hoppeanum Griseb Fiori Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2001)
Taraxacum officinale subsp. officinale var. megalorrhizon Forssk Fiori Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2001)
Taraxacum officinale subsp. officinale var. nigricans Kit Sagorski GusSchneid Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2001)
Taraxacum officinale subsp. officinale var. schroeteranum Hand-Mazz Fiori Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2001)
Taraxacum officinale subsp. officinale var. fontanum Hand-Mazz Hayek Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2001)
Taraxacum officinale subsp. officinale var. apenninum sensu Fiori Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2001)
Taraxacum officinale subsp. officinale var. erythrospermum Andrz ex Besser Schinz Thell Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2001)

Taraxacum officinale

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Threat status Europe Least Concern (IUCN)

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Common names and synonyms

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Synonym Author
Taraxacum subpenicilliforme H.Lindb. ex Dahlst.
Taraxacum pseudohamatum Dahlst.
Taraxacum mucronatiforme Markl. ex Puol.
Taraxacum aequisectum M.P.Christ.
Taraxacum chlorodes G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum flexile G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum kittilense H.Lindb.
Taraxacum heterophyllum G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum elongatifrons G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum canorubens G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum maurophyllum Dahlst.
Taraxacum piceaticeps Dahlst.
Taraxacum spilophylloides Dahlst.
Taraxacum acroglossoides Dahlst.
Taraxacum vulgare Schrank
Taraxacum glossocentrum Dahlst. ex G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum brevisectum Palmgr.
Taraxacum comtulum G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum luxurians M.P.Christ.
Taraxacum olitorium G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum robustum Markl. ex Puol.
Taraxacum tanyphyllum Dahlst.
Taraxacum symphorilobum G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum biforme Dahlst.
Taraxacum chloroticum Dahlst. ex Florstr.
Taraxacum gallaecicum Soest
Taraxacum leptaleum M.P.Christ.
Taraxacum oleraceum Dahlst.
Taraxacum remotilobum Dahlst.
Taraxacum subcinerascens Dahlst.
Taraxacum acutifidum M.P.Christ.
Taraxacum chlorellum G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum expallidum Dahlst.
Taraxacum interruptum Dahlst.
Taraxacum monochroum G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum praeviride Dahlst. ex Ekman
Taraxacum officinale subsp. vulgare (Schrank) Schinz & R.Keller
Taraxacum canaliculatum H.Lindb.
Taraxacum decorum Dahlst.
Taraxacum hemicyclum G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum macrostylum Dahlst.
Taraxacum pholidotum Dahlst.
Taraxacum sinuatum Dahlst.
Taraxacum officinale subsp. dens-leonis auct. lusit.
Taraxacum acroglossum Dahlst.
Taraxacum capnocarpum Dahlst.
Taraxacum eurylobum G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum intermedium Raunk.
Taraxacum molybdinum Dahlst. ex G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum praeradians Dahlst.
Taraxacum stenacrum Dahlst.
Taraxacum amplum Markl.
Taraxacum chlorolepis Dahlst.
Taraxacum galbaniforme Dahlst. ex G.E.Haglund
Taraxacum laetifrons G.E.Haglund, non Dahlst.
Taraxacum obscuratum Dahlst.
Taraxacum pulcherrimum H.Lindb.
Taraxacum surrigens Dahlst. & Ohlsén
Taraxacum campylum Dahlst.
Taraxacum convexum Dahlst.
Taraxacum haraldii Markl.
Taraxacum macrolobum Dahlst.
Taraxacum patens (Dahlst.) Dahlst.
Taraxacum sarcophyllum Dahlst.
Taraxacum trigonum M.P.Christ.

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