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Launaea rarifolia (Oliv. & Hiern) Boulos

This species name was first published in in Bot. Not. 115: 59. 1962  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000129192.

Synonyms of Launaea rarifolia (Oliv. & Hiern) Boulos

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lactuca stenocephala Baker in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 147. 1895 wfo-0000002150
Lactuca varianii I.M.Johnst. in Contr. Gray Herb. 75: 26. 1925 wfo-0000006430
Sonchus verdickii (De Wild.) R.E.Fr. Acta Horti Berg. 8: 113 (1925) wfo-0000013881
Launaea fischeri (O.Hoffm.) Boulos in Bot. Not. 115: 58. 1962 wfo-0000020178
Sonchus lanifer Dinter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 91. 1932 wfo-0000022429
Sonchus fischeri O.Hoffm. in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 421. 1895 wfo-0000032103
Launaea macra (S.Moore) Boulos in Bot. Not. 115: 58. 1962 wfo-0000040825
Launaea pauciflora (Baker) Humbert & Boulos in Humbert, Fl. Madagasc., Compos.: 880. 1963 wfo-0000044201
Sonchus pauciflorus Baker in J. Bot. 20: 171. 1882 wfo-0000058715
Lactuca pauciflora (Baker) Humbert Memoires de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie 25: 333 1923 wfo-0000060071
Launaea macer (S.Moore) Boulos Botaniska Notiser 115: 58 1962 wfo-0000064265
Lactuca welwitschii Scott Elliot J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxix. (1891) 30. wfo-0000087706
Sonchus welwitschii (Scott-Elliot) Chiov. ex S.Moore S. Moore in J. Bot. 65, Suppl. 2. 1927 67 1927 wfo-0000087915
Brachyramphus nudicaulis Klatt in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5 18: 377. 1873 wfo-0000116395
Sonchus rarifolius Oliv. & Hiern in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 460. 1877 wfo-0000119639
Sonchus macer S.Moore in J. Bot. 37: 404. 1899 wfo-0000120877
Sonchus welwitschii (Scott-Elliot) Chiov. Bullettino della Societa Botanica Italiana 1917(2-3): 30 1917 wfo-0000130651