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December 2024

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Sonchus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 793 (1753)

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-4000035760.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 793. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Sonchus

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Sonchus sect. Tenerrimi	Sennikov	Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 86(5): 77. 2001 [25 May 2001]	wfo-3400002553
Sonchus sect. Arvenses	(Kirp.) Boulos	Bot. Not. 125(4): 297. 1972	wfo-3400003287
Sonchus sect. Asperi	Boulos	Bot. Not. 125(4): 296. 1972	wfo-3400003288
Sonchus sect. Maritimi	(Kirp.) Boulos	Bot. Not. 125(4): 296. 1972	wfo-3400003291
Sonchus sect. Pustulati	Boulos	Bot. Not. 125(4): 297. 1972	wfo-3400003294
Sonchus sect. Tuberiferi	Boulos	Bot. Not. 125(4): 297. 1972	wfo-3400003295
Aetheorhiza	Cass.	Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 48: 425 (1827)	wfo-4000000819
Atalanthus	D.Don	–	wfo-4000003516
Chrysoprenanthes	(Sch.Bip.) Bramwell	–	wfo-4000008235
Lactucosonchus	(Sch.Bip.) Svent.	–	wfo-4000020396
Sonchoseris	Fourr.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon , sér. 2, 17: 102 (1869)	wfo-4000035759
Trachodes	D.Don	Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16(2): 182 (1830)	wfo-4000038693
Wildpretia	U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb.	–	wfo-4000040714
Acanthosonchus	(Sch.Bip.) Kirp.	Fl. Turkm. vii. 326, in obs. 1960	wfo-4000045327

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Sonchus acanthifolius	[Clairv.]	Man. Herb. 231.		wfo-0000042819
Sonchus acuminatus	Bigelow	Fl. Boston., ed. 2 290. 1824 [28 Jun 1824]		wfo-0000129778
Sonchus adenophora	Wooton & Standl.	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 127 (1913)		wfo-0000134148
Sonchus adscendens	Bojer	Bojer - in Candolle, Prodr. 6. 1838 303	—	wfo-0000056386
Sonchus adscendens	Bojer ex DC.	Prodr. 6: 303 (1838)		wfo-0000061414
Sonchus alpestris	Clairv.	Man. Herb. 231.		wfo-0000043855
Sonchus amboinensis	hort. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. 2: 610 (1841)		wfo-0000014626
Sonchus amplexicaulis	Gueldenst.	Reis. Russland ii. 209; ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross.		wfo-0000067711
Sonchus andrenarum var. osmiarum	Cockerell	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 48 (1901)		wfo-0001377953
Sonchus angulatus	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic. : 178 (1894)		wfo-0000010096
Sonchus asper	Wulfen ex DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(1): 190. 1838 [late Apr 1838]		wfo-0000004243
Sonchus asper f. adenotrichus	Soó	Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 18(1-2): 173 (1973)		wfo-0001322894
Sonchus asper f. glandulosus	Hauman	Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 86: 336 (1918)		wfo-0001321225
Sonchus asper f. laevis	(Wallr.) V.Kuusk	Fl. Estonskoĭ SSR 6: 455 (1978):.		wfo-0001323168
Sonchus asper f. lignosus	A.T.Szabó	Index Seminum (CL, Cluj-Napoca) 1970: 68 (1971)		wfo-0001322895
Sonchus asper subsp. nymanii	Hegi	Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 6(2) 1928		wfo-0000099994
Sonchus asper var. littoralis	J.M.Black	A Naturalized Flora of South Australia 1909		wfo-0000105266
Sonchus beltraniae	U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb.	Vieraea 25 197-198 1997		wfo-0000011436
Sonchus bipontini	A.Chev.	Exploration Botanique de l'Afrique Occidentale Francaise ... 379 1920	—	wfo-0000002919
Sonchus bipontini var. bipontini	–	–	—	wfo-0001316268
Sonchus bourgeaui var. bourgeaui	–	–	—	wfo-0000092945
Sonchus brachylobus f. spathulatus	G.Kunkel	Vieraea 8(2): 352 (1980)		wfo-0001322896
Sonchus brevipes	Rydb.	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 238 (1902)		wfo-0000096661
Sonchus bulbosus subsp. willkommii	(Burnat & Barbey) N.Kilian & Greuter	–	—	wfo-1200068548
Sonchus bupleurifolius	Boiss. & Kotschy ex Boiss.	Fl. Orient. 3: 797 (1875)		wfo-0000116069
Sonchus caeruleus	Sm.	Fl. Brit. : 815		wfo-0000057098
Sonchus californica	Rydb.	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 238 (1902)		wfo-0000020520
Sonchus canadensis	Froel.	Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 1: 29. 1791		wfo-0000117550
Sonchus canariae f. angustissimus	G.Kunkel	Vieraea 8(2): 353 (1980)		wfo-0001322897
Sonchus canescens var. californicum	Torr. & A.Gray	–		wfo-0001390851
Sonchus capensis	Schltdl.	Hort. Hal. (1850) 7. Cf. Linnaea, xxiv. (		wfo-0000032514
Sonchus caucasicus	Spreng.	Fl. Hal. Mant. 49. 1807 [4 Jul 1807]		wfo-0000009614
Sonchus cavanillesianus	Font Quer & Svent.	Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6(2): 493 (1946)		wfo-0000090677
Sonchus cervicornis	Willk.	Ind. Sem. Hort. Prag. 1875: [7].		wfo-0000039158
Sonchus charmeli	Sennen & Mauricio	Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. 72, nomen. (1933)		wfo-0000040461
Sonchus ciliatus	Perr. ex DC.	Prodr. 7(1): 177 (1838)		wfo-0000070814
Sonchus coeruleus	Auct.	not _stated.		wfo-0000035784
Sonchus cornutus	Hochst. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 610, nomen; Oliver & Hiern, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 459. 1841		wfo-0000041512
Sonchus crispus	Poir.	Encycl. , Suppl. 3: 289 (1813)		wfo-0000031870
Sonchus cristulatus	Sch.Bip.	Pollichia 22-24 1866		wfo-0000015224
Sonchus cumbulus	Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Numer. List : n.° 3251 (1831)		wfo-0000040112
Sonchus cumingiana	Macloskie	Rep. Princeton Univ. Exp. Patagonia, Botany 8: 447. 1905	—	wfo-0000067714
Sonchus denticulato-lanceolata	Kitam.	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 132 (1952)	—	wfo-0000016781
Sonchus denticulato-platyphylla	(Makino) Kitam.	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 235 (1937)	—	wfo-0000036106
Sonchus deserticola	Macloskie	Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8: 448 (1905)		wfo-0000045454
Sonchus dichotomus	M.Bieb.	Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 240 (1808)		wfo-0000002973
Sonchus dichotomus	Savi	Cose Bot. : 10		wfo-0000133640
Sonchus diffusa	Tidestr.	Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 48: 39 (1935)		wfo-0000048203
Sonchus divaricatus	Buch	Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [Buch] 147.		wfo-0000035017
Sonchus dulosus	Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. : 414 (1839)		wfo-0000130425
Sonchus elongatus	Kunze ex Schlecht.	Index Seminum (HAL, Halensis) (1849) 7.		wfo-0000020183
Sonchus elongatus	Schltdl.	D.F.L. von Schlechtendal, Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1849. 1850 7 1850	—	wfo-0000057664
Sonchus eriopus	Royle	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. : 247 (1835)		wfo-0000066615
Sonchus erythraeae	Schweinf. ex Penz.	Atti Congr. Bot. Genova (1893) 346.		wfo-0000015308
Sonchus filipes	A.Heller	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(6): 311. 1897 [29 Jun 1897]		wfo-0000011697
Sonchus floridanus	Aiton	Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 116. 1789		wfo-0000081778
Sonchus floridanus	Lour.	Fl. Cochinch. 2: 480. 1790 [Sep 1790]		wfo-0000002019
Sonchus floridanus	Michx.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 85, partim. 1803 [19 Mar 1803]		wfo-0000120305
Sonchus foliacea	Greene	Pittonia 1(5): 222. 1888 [18 Oct 1888]		wfo-0000084703
Sonchus fragilis	Ball	J. Bot. 11: 372 (1873)		wfo-0000086876
Sonchus freynianus	huter.porta & Rigo ex Porta	in Atti Accad. Agiati. ix. 1891 1892) 43; Willk. Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hisp. (1893)114.		wfo-0000034475
Sonchus friesii var. friesii	–	–		wfo-0000105019
Sonchus fruticosus	Jacq.	Collectanea [Jacquin] 1: 13. [1786 publ. Jan-Sep 1787]		wfo-0000018753
Sonchus gigas	Boulos ex Humbert	Fl. Madagasc. 189: 886 (1963)		wfo-0000131591
Sonchus glaber	Schult.	Observ. Bot. : 162 (1809)		wfo-0000113316
Sonchus glabra	Wooton & Standl.	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 127 (1913)		wfo-0000044383
Sonchus glandifera	Osterh.	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 53: 35 (1926)		wfo-0000129903
Sonchus glandulifera	Rydb.	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 281 (1901)		wfo-0000042569
Sonchus glomerata	Greene	Pittonia 1(1): 22. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887]		wfo-0000068598
Sonchus glutinosus	Lam.	Fl. Franç. 2: 88 (1779)		wfo-0000092881
Sonchus goraeensis	Less. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. 2: 610 (1841)		wfo-0000118262
Sonchus gramineus	Bojer	Bojer - in Candolle, Prodr. 6. 1838 303	—	wfo-0000050119
Sonchus gramineus	Bojer ex DC.	Prodr. 6: 303 (1838)		wfo-0000011300
Sonchus harknessii	Greene	Pittonia 1(1): 23. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887]		wfo-0000138850
Sonchus hastatus	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3250. 1831		wfo-0000132808
Sonchus hispida	Greene	Pittonia 1(1): 22. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887]		wfo-0000138318
Sonchus hotha	C.B.Clarke	Compos. Ind. : 276 (1876)		wfo-0000047634
Sonchus hypochaeroides	Schlecht.	Index Seminum (HAL, Halensis) (1850) 7. Cf. Linnaea, xxiv. (		wfo-0000044749
Sonchus intermedius	Krock.	Fl. Siles. Suppl. 2: 234. , (Quid ?)		wfo-0000060932
Sonchus jacottetianus	Thell.	Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 1926, lxxi. 156.		wfo-0000096114
Sonchus jaquiniocephalus	Svent.	Index Seminum (Acclim. Pl. Arautapae) : 55 (1969)		wfo-0000129881
Sonchus javanicus	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 3: 648 (1826)		wfo-0000124541
Sonchus jonesii	Greene	Pittonia 1(1): 23. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887]		wfo-0000121030
Sonchus kingii	Greene	Pittonia 1(1): 23. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887]		wfo-0000023794
Sonchus laciniatus	T.Moore	Flor. & Pom. 138. 1871		wfo-0000006779
Sonchus laevis	Sloane	–	—	wfo-0000089719
Sonchus libycus	Spach ex Boiss.	Fl. Orient. 3: 823 (1875)		wfo-0000101734
Sonchus littoralis	(Kirk) Allan	Fl. New Zealand i. 760 (1961)		wfo-0000117543
Sonchus longifolius	Colla	Herb. Pedem. 3: 530. 1834 , in obs.		wfo-0000133036
Sonchus longifolius	Wall.	Numer. List : n.° 3251 (1831)		wfo-0000083077
Sonchus loscosii	Willk.	Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hisp. 115. 1893 [Dec 1893]		wfo-0000042966
Sonchus lowei	Heer ex Bolle	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14(3): 246 (1891)		wfo-0000050349
Sonchus maculigerus	H.Lindb.	Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. (Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. n. s. B,		wfo-0000123501
Sonchus malaianus	Miq.	–	—	wfo-1000056231
Sonchus maritimus	Pall. ex Ledeb.	Fl. Ross. 2(2,7): 843 (1846)		wfo-0000069776
Sonchus maritimus	Turcz.	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 96 (1838)		wfo-0000090732
Sonchus massaviensis	Sch.Bip.	Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. : 160 (1867)		wfo-0000023388
Sonchus metzianus	Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f.	Fl. Brit. India 3(8): 396 (1881)		wfo-0000043838
Sonchus neglectus	Pit.	Iles Canaries : 261 (1909)		wfo-0000003152
Sonchus nigricans	Tausch	Flora 12(1): 33 (1829)		wfo-0000003908
Sonchus novae-zelandiae	(Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones	New Zealand J. Bot. 52(2): 186 (2014)		wfo-0000047692
Sonchus nudicaulis	Sch.Bip.	Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): 427 (1849)		wfo-0000077486
Sonchus obtusilobus	R.E.Fries	–	—	wfo-0000058552
Sonchus oleraceus f. hydrophilus	(Boulos) J.Kost.	Blumea 23 (1976) 165 1976	—	wfo-0000113594
Sonchus oleraceus var. laevis	L.	–	—	wfo-0000057470
Sonchus ortunoi	Svent.	Addit. Fl. Canar. 1: 81 (1960)		wfo-0000095499
Sonchus oxyspermus	Wallr.	Linnaea 14: 658 (1841)		wfo-0000023793
Sonchus paniculatus	Moc. & Sessé	–	—	wfo-0000053830
Sonchus paniculatus	Moc. & Sessé ex DC.	Prodr. 7(1): 191 (1838)		wfo-0000131868
Sonchus pendulus	Webb ex Sch.Bip.	Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): 421 (1849)		wfo-0000092359
Sonchus pensylvanicus	Molin. ex Colla	Herb. Pedem. iii. 530 (1834).		wfo-0000037484
Sonchus pensylvanicus	Spreng. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. 2: 611 (Quid ?) (1841)		wfo-0000083458
Sonchus perennis	(Lange) H.Lindb.	Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. (Act. Soc. Sc. Fenn. n. s. B,		wfo-0000127890
Sonchus perfoliatus	Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.	Fl. Ross. 2(2,7): 836 (Quid ?). (1846)		wfo-0000003170
Sonchus picroides	Lam.	Encycl. 3: 398 (1792)		wfo-0000082489
Sonchus picroides	Sm.	Fl. Graec. 8: 68 (1835)		wfo-0000037088
Sonchus piquetii	Druce	Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 7(1): 43, hybr. (1924)		wfo-0000090921
Sonchus plumerianus	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon viii. (1881) 171		wfo-0000029102
Sonchus plumerii	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon viii. (1881) 171		wfo-0000017076
Sonchus plumieri	Pančić ex Vis.	Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. ix. 173 (1860)		wfo-0000003038
Sonchus radiatus	Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 279, sphalm. (1822)		wfo-0000121393
Sonchus radicatus subsp. gummifer	(Ling) Aldridge	Bot. Macaronés. 2: 90 (1977)		wfo-0000062779
Sonchus robustus	Wall.	Numer. List : n.° 3249 (1831)		wfo-0000122281
Sonchus roseus	Andrz.	Izvest. Univ. Kiev No. 7 (Enum. Pl. Podol.) 108. 1862		wfo-0000088240
Sonchus roseus	Besser	Syst. Veg. , ed. 16, 3: 651 (1826)		wfo-0000088505
Sonchus rupicola	(Svent.) A.Santos & Mejías	Nordic J. Bot. 31(6): 743 (2013)		wfo-0001337932
Sonchus scorzoneraeformis	Lag.	Gen. Sp. Pl. : 24 (1816)		wfo-0000124163
Sonchus sect. Cicerbita	(Wallr.) W.D.J.Koch	–	—	wfo-1000057257
Sonchus setosus	Ehrenb. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. 414 (Quod ?) (1839)		wfo-0000133082
Sonchus sibiricus	M.Bieb.	Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 240 (1808)		wfo-0000026461
Sonchus sibiricus var. dentatus	Ledeb.	–	—	wfo-1200069146
Sonchus sibiricus var. integrifolius	Ledeb.	–	—	wfo-1200069147
Sonchus simplissimus	Lag.	Genera et species plantarum 24 1816	—	wfo-0000094518
Sonchus spinosus	Larrañaga	Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 245. 1923 Pub. Inst. Hist. Geog. Uruguay		wfo-0000019681
Sonchus spinosus	Mares	Cat. Pl. Ins. Balear. 172.		wfo-0000075362
Sonchus spinulifolius	Sennen	Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. : 72 (1933)		wfo-0000062542
Sonchus strictus	Pau	Mem. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 354. 1924		wfo-0000049787
Sonchus subacaulis	Dum.Cours. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. 2: 611 (Quid ?) (1841)		wfo-0000063361
Sonchus subg. Acanthosonchus	Sch.Bip.	–	—	wfo-1000065880
Sonchus subg. Prenocephalum	Sch.Bip.	–	—	wfo-1000065878
Sonchus subg. Rhabdotheca	(Cass.) Jaub. & Spach	–	—	wfo-1000065879
Sonchus taraxacifolius	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 3: 649 (1826)		wfo-0000076673
Sonchus tenax	Fisch. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. 278 (Quid ?) (1830)		wfo-0000004701
Sonchus tenerrimus subsp. halodianae	Mateo, P.P.Ferrer & R.Roselló	Flora Montiber. 75: 26. 2019		wfo-1200009238
Sonchus tenerrimus subsp. polypodioides	Mateo, P.P.Ferrer & R.Roselló	Flora Montiber. 75: 24. 2019		wfo-1200009239
Sonchus tenerrimus subvar. dianae	(Lacaita ex Willk.) O.Bolòs & Vigo	Folia Bot. Misc. 6: 86 (1989)		wfo-0001369735
Sonchus tenerrimus subvar. pectinatus	(DC.) O.Bolòs & Vigo	Folia Bot. Misc. 6: 86 (1989): (1989)		wfo-0001369734
Sonchus tenerrimus unr. muricalatus	Clementi	Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino ser. 2, 16: 285 1857		wfo-1200068048
Sonchus tenerrimus var. dianae	(Lacaita ex Willk.) O.Bolòs & Vigo	Sist. Nat. Illes Medes : 153 (1984)		wfo-0001390342
Sonchus tigridus	Rupr.	Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 14: 231 (1856)		wfo-0000084766
Sonchus toletanus	Sennen	Diagn. Nouv. : 282 (1936)		wfo-0000089207
Sonchus tuberosus	L.	Syst. Veg., ed. 13. 594. 1774 ; Linn. f. Suppl. 346		wfo-0000049039
Sonchus tuberosus	Murr.	Syst. Veg., ed. 13 594; Linn. f. Suppl. 346 1774	—	wfo-0000023975
Sonchus ustulatus subsp. ustulatus	–	–		wfo-0000097576
Sonchus vaginatus	Hort.Erf. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. : 799 (1821)		wfo-0000018157
Sonchus vulgare	(Savi) Ten.	–	—	wfo-0000087487
Sonchus welwitschii	Chiov. ex Mendonça	Contrib. Conhec. Fl. Angola 1(Compos.): 152. 1943		wfo-0000129996
Sonchus wightianus subsp. wightianus	–	–	—	wfo-0000095277
Sonchus wightianus var. wallichianus	–	–	—	wfo-1200068664
Sonchus wightianus var. wightianus	–	–	—	wfo-0000048610
Sonchus yendoi	Kitam.	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 131 (1942)	—	wfo-0000001220