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Launaea Cass.

This genus name was first published in in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 25: 61, 321. 1822  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000020742.

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Synonyms of Launaea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Launaea subg. Acanthosonchus (Sch.Bip.) Rech.f. Fl. Iranica 122: 149. 1977 — wfo-1000065849
Launaea subg. Brachyrhamphus (DC.) Rech.f. Fl. Iranica 122: 147. 1977 — wfo-1000065876
Lactuca subg. Brachyrhamphus (DC.) Jaub. & Spach III. Pl. Orient. 3: 114. 1850 — wfo-1000065877
Sonchus subg. Prenocephalum Sch.Bip. in Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2,2): 426. 1849 — wfo-1000065878
Sonchus subg. Rhabdotheca (Cass.) Jaub. & Spach III. Pl. Orient. 3: 110. 1850 — wfo-1000065879
Sonchus subg. Acanthosonchus Sch.Bip. in Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2,2): 427. 1849 — wfo-1000065880
Lactuca subg. Microrhynchus (Less.) Sch.Bip. in Linnaea 15: 725. 1841 — wfo-1000065881
Zollikoferia subg. Lophocarpus Coss. & Durieu in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 2: 254. 1855 — wfo-1000065882
Launaea subg. Microrhynchus (Less.) Rech.f. Fl. Iranica 122: 153. 1977 — wfo-1000065883
Microrhynchus sect. Launaea (Cass.) DC. Prodr. 7: 181. 1838 — wfo-1000079111
Rhabdotheca sect. Launaea (Cass.) Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 95, no. 3729. 1841 — wfo-1000079112
Zollikoferia sect. Rhabdotheca (Cass.) Batt. Fl. Algérie 1: 558. 1889 — wfo-1000079113
Launaea sect. Lomatolepis (Cass.) Dalla Torre & Harms Gen. Siph.: 580. 1906 — wfo-1000079114
Zollikoferia sect. Microrhynchus (Less.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 824. 1875 — wfo-1000079115
Zollikoferia sect. Globiceps Batt. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 40: 190. 1893 — wfo-1000079116
Microrhynchus sect. Rhabdotheca (Cass.) DC. Prodr. 7: 180. 1838 — wfo-1000079117
Zollikoferia sect. Brachyrhamphus (DC.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 825. 1875 — wfo-1000079118
Launaea sect. Microrhynchus (Less.) O.Hoffm. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(5): 371. 1893 — wfo-1000079119
Zollikoferia sect. Lomatolepis (Cass.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 826. 1875 — wfo-1000079120
Zollikoferia sect. Acanthosonchus (Sch.Bip.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 827. 1875 — wfo-1000079121
Launaea sect. Brachyrhamphus (DC.) O.Hoffm. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(5): 371. 1893 — wfo-1000079122
Atalanthus sect. Microrhynchus (Less.) Pomel in Bull. Soc. Climatol. Alger 11: 7. 1874 — wfo-1000079123
Lactuca sect. Heterachaena (Fresen.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 116. 1882 — wfo-1000079124
Lactuca sect. Microrhynchus (Less.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 116. 1882 — wfo-1000079125
Zollikoferia sect. Euzollikoferia Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 822. 1875 — wfo-1000079126
Atalanthus sect. Zollikoferia Pomel in Bull. Soc. Climatol. Alger 11: 7. 1874 — wfo-1000079127
Launaea sect. Cornutae N.Kilian in Englera 17: 169. 1997 wfo-3400010071
Launaea sect. Cervicornes N.Kilian in Englera 17: 186. 1997 wfo-3400010072
Launaea sect. Castanospermae N.Kilian in Englera 17: 306. 1997 wfo-3400010073
Launaea subg. Pseudosonchus Amin ex Rech.f. Fl. Iranica 122: 161. 1977 wfo-3500000846
Launaea subg. Zollikoferia Amin ex Rech.f. Fl. Iranica 122: 156. 1977 wfo-3500000847
Ammoseris Endl. Gen. Pl. : 500 (1838) wfo-4000001634
Brachyramphus DC. Prodr. 7: 176. 1838 wfo-4000005243
Heterachaena Fresen. in Mus. Senckenberg. 3: 74. 1839 wfo-4000017657
Lomatolepis Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 48: 422. 1827 wfo-4000022132
Rhabdotheca Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 48: 424. 1827 wfo-4000032828
Zollikoferia DC. Prodr. 7: 183. 1838 wfo-4000041258
Microrhynchus Less. Syn. Gen. Compos.: 139. 1832 — wfo-4100001403
Brachyrhamphus DC. Prodr. 7: 176. 1838 — wfo-4100005040

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Launaea:

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