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June 2025

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	Nomenclator	WFO link
Sonchus sect. Eusonchus	DC.	Prodr. 7: 184. 1838	—	wfo-1000079128
Sonchus ser. Oleracei	Kirp.	in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 342. 1964	—	wfo-1000079129
Crepis sect. Aetheorhiza	(Cass.) Rouy	Fl. France 9: 219. 1905	—	wfo-1000079130
Sonchus sect. Pulvinati	S.C.Kim, Mejías & Chamboul.	in Pl. Syst. Evol. 304: 1033. 2018	—	wfo-1000079131
Sonchus sect. Tenerrimi	Sennikov	in Bot. Zhurn. 86(5): 77. 2001		wfo-3400002553
Sonchus sect. Arvenses	(Kirp.) Boulos	in Bot. Not. 125: 297. 1972		wfo-3400003287
Sonchus sect. Asperi	Boulos	in Bot. Not. 125: 296. 1972		wfo-3400003288
Sonchus sect. Maritimi	(Kirp.) Boulos	in Bot. Not. 125: 296. 1972		wfo-3400003291
Sonchus sect. Pustulati	Boulos	in Bot. Not. 125: 297. 1972		wfo-3400003294
Sonchus sect. Tuberiferi	Boulos	in Bot. Not. 125: 297. 1972		wfo-3400003295
Embergeria subg. Megalocarpa	Boulos	in Eichler, Suppl. J.M. Black, Fl. S. Austral., ed. 2: 333. 1965		wfo-3500000515
Aetheorhiza	Cass.	in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 48: 425. 1827		wfo-4000000819
Sonchoseris	Fourr.	in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2 17: 102. 1869		wfo-4000035759
Trachodes	D.Don	in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16: 182. 1833		wfo-4000038693
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 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	in Candolle, Prodr. 6: 303. 1838	—	wfo-0000056386
Sonchus adscendens	Bojer ex DC.	Prodr. 6: 303 (1838)		wfo-0000061414
Sonchus amboinensis	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 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., ed. 2: 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	Natural Fl. S. Austral.: ###. 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 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. californicus	Torr. & A.Gray	–		wfo-0001390851
Sonchus capensis	Schltdl.	Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1850: 7. 1851		wfo-0000032514
Sonchus caucasicus	Spreng.	Fl. Hal. Mant. 49. 1807 [4 Jul 1807]		wfo-0000009614
Sonchus cavanillesianus	Font Quer & Svent.	in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6: 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.	in Lamarck, 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., ed. 3: 414. 1839		wfo-0000130425
Sonchus elongatus	Kunze ex Schltdl.	Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1849: 7. 1850		wfo-0000020183
Sonchus elongatus	Schltdl.	D.F.L. von Schlechtendal, Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1849. 1850 7 1850	—	wfo-0000057664
Sonchus ericii	Z.H.Feng	Phytoneuron 2024-85: 9 (2024)		wfo-1000077434
Sonchus eriopus	Royle	Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 247. 1835		wfo-0000066615
Sonchus erythraeae	Schweinf. ex Penz.	Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova 1892: 346 (1893)		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	in 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	in Candolle, Prodr. 6: 303. 1838	—	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	Schltdl.	Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1850: 7. 1851		wfo-0000044749
Sonchus intermedius	Krock.	Fl. Siles. 4(2): 234. 1823		wfo-0000060932
Sonchus jacottetianus	Thell.	in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 71: 156. 1926		wfo-0000096114
Sonchus jaquiniocephalus	Svent.	Index Seminum (Acclim. Pl. Arautapae) : 55 (1969)		wfo-0000129881
Sonchus javanicus	(Burm.f.) 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	(Sch.Bip.) Heer ex Bolle	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14(3): 246 (1891)		wfo-0000050349
Sonchus maculigerus	H.Lindb.	in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 169. 1932		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.	in Pitard & Proust, Iles Canaries: 261. Jan–Mar 1909		wfo-0000003152
Sonchus nigricans	Tausch	in Flora 12: 33. 1829		wfo-0000003908
Sonchus novae-zelandiae	(Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones	New Zealand J. Bot. 52(2): 186 (2014)		wfo-0000047692
Sonchus nudicaulis	(L.) Sch.Bip.	Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): 427 (1849)		wfo-0000077486