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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Threat status Europe

Least Concern (IUCN)

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

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World

Not evaluated

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

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Natura 2000 sites

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Legal status

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Common names and synonyms

The species has no common names

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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