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Taraxacum (dandelion)

Angiospermae - Asterales - Asteraceae

Taxonomy
Taraxacum was named by Wiggers (1780). It is extant.

It was assigned to Asteraceae by Bentham and Hooker (1873), Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Taraxacum Wiggers p. 56
1873Taraxacum Bentham and Hooker p. 522
1991Taraxacum Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Campanulids
orderAsterales
familyAsteraceae
genusTaraxacum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Taraxacum Wiggers 1780 [dandelion]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Taraxacum officinale (163070 163075)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Taraxacum sp. (228788)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Taraxacum sp. (228773)