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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.

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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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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus acuminatus Bigelow Fl. Boston., ed. 2 290. 1824 [28 Jun 1824] wfo-0000129778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus adenophora Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 127 (1913) wfo-0000134148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus adscendens Bojer in Candolle, Prodr. 6: 303. 1838 wfo-0000056386
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus adscendens Bojer ex DC. Prodr. 6: 303 (1838) wfo-0000061414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus amboinensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2 2: 610. 1841 wfo-0000014626
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus amplexicaulis Gueldenst. Reis. Russland ii. 209; ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. wfo-0000067711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus andrenarum var. osmiarum Cockerell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 48 (1901) wfo-0001377953
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus angulatus Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 178. 1894 wfo-0000010096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus asper Wulfen ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(1): 190. 1838 [late Apr 1838] wfo-0000004243
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus asper f. adenotrichus Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 18(1-2): 173 (1973) wfo-0001322894
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus asper f. glandulosus Hauman Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 86: 336 (1918) wfo-0001321225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus asper f. laevis (Wallr.) V.Kuusk Fl. Estonskoĭ SSR 6: 455 (1978):. wfo-0001323168
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus asper f. lignosus A.T.Szabó Index Seminum (CL, Cluj-Napoca) 1970: 68 (1971) wfo-0001322895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus asper subsp. nymanii Hegi Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 6(2) 1928 wfo-0000099994
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus asper var. littoralis J.M.Black Natural Fl. S. Austral.: ###. 1909 wfo-0000105266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus beltraniae U.Reifenb. & A.Reifenb. Vieraea 25 197-198 1997 wfo-0000011436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus bipontini A.Chev. Exploration Botanique de l'Afrique Occidentale Francaise ... 379 1920 wfo-0000002919
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus bipontini var. bipontini wfo-0001316268
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus bourgeaui var. bourgeaui wfo-0000092945
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus brachylobus f. spathulatus G.Kunkel Vieraea 8(2): 352 (1980) wfo-0001322896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus brevipes Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 238 (1902) wfo-0000096661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus bulbosus subsp. willkommii (Burnat & Barbey) N.Kilian & Greuter wfo-1200068548
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus bupleurifolius Boiss. & Kotschy ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 797 (1875) wfo-0000116069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus californica Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 238 (1902) wfo-0000020520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus canadensis Froel. Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 1: 29. 1791 wfo-0000117550
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus canariae f. angustissimus G.Kunkel Vieraea 8(2): 353 (1980) wfo-0001322897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus canescens var. californicus Torr. & A.Gray wfo-0001390851
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus capensis Schltdl. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1850: 7. 1851 wfo-0000032514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus caucasicus Spreng. Fl. Hal. Mant. 49. 1807 [4 Jul 1807] wfo-0000009614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus cavanillesianus Font Quer & Svent. in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 6: 493. 1946 wfo-0000090677
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus cervicornis Willk. Ind. Sem. Hort. Prag. 1875: [7]. wfo-0000039158
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus charmeli Sennen & Mauricio Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. 72, nomen. (1933) wfo-0000040461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus ciliatus Perr. ex DC. Prodr. 7(1): 177 (1838) wfo-0000070814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus coeruleus Auct. not _stated. wfo-0000035784
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced 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
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus crispus Poir. in Lamarck, Encycl. Suppl. 3: 289. 1813 wfo-0000031870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus cristulatus Sch.Bip. Pollichia 22-24 1866 wfo-0000015224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus cumbulus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List : n.° 3251 (1831) wfo-0000040112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus cumingiana Macloskie Rep. Princeton Univ. Exp. Patagonia, Botany 8: 447. 1905 wfo-0000067714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus denticulato-lanceolata Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 132 (1952) wfo-0000016781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus denticulato-platyphylla (Makino) Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 235 (1937) wfo-0000036106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus deserticola Macloskie Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8: 448 (1905) wfo-0000045454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus dichotomus M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 240 (1808) wfo-0000002973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus dichotomus Savi Cose Bot. : 10 wfo-0000133640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus diffusa Tidestr. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 48: 39 (1935) wfo-0000048203
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus divaricatus Buch Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [Buch] 147. wfo-0000035017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus dulosus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 414. 1839 wfo-0000130425
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus elongatus Kunze ex Schltdl. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1849: 7. 1850 wfo-0000020183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus elongatus Schltdl. D.F.L. von Schlechtendal, Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1849. 1850 7 1850 wfo-0000057664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus ericii Z.H.Feng Phytoneuron 2024-85: 9 (2024) wfo-1000077434
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus eriopus Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: 247. 1835 wfo-0000066615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus erythraeae Schweinf. ex Penz. Atti Congr. Bot. Int. Genova 1892: 346 (1893) wfo-0000015308
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus filipes A.Heller Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(6): 311. 1897 [29 Jun 1897] wfo-0000011697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus floridanus Aiton Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 3: 116. 1789 wfo-0000081778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus floridanus Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2: 480. 1790 [Sep 1790] wfo-0000002019
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus floridanus Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 85, partim. 1803 [19 Mar 1803] wfo-0000120305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus foliacea Greene Pittonia 1(5): 222. 1888 [18 Oct 1888] wfo-0000084703
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus fragilis Ball in J. Bot. 11: 372. 1873 wfo-0000086876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus freynianus huter.porta & Rigo ex Porta in Atti Accad. Agiati. ix. 1891 1892) 43; Willk. Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hisp. (1893)114. wfo-0000034475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus friesii var. friesii wfo-0000105019
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus fruticosus Jacq. Collectanea [Jacquin] 1: 13. [1786 publ. Jan-Sep 1787] wfo-0000018753
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus gigas Boulos ex Humbert Fl. Madagasc. 189: 886 (1963) wfo-0000131591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus glaber Schult. Observ. Bot. : 162 (1809) wfo-0000113316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus glabra Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 127 (1913) wfo-0000044383
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus glandifera Osterh. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 53: 35 (1926) wfo-0000129903
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus glandulifera Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 281 (1901) wfo-0000042569
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus glomerata Greene Pittonia 1(1): 22. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887] wfo-0000068598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus glutinosus Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 88 (1779) wfo-0000092881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus goraeensis Less. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2: 610 (1841) wfo-0000118262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus gramineus Bojer in Candolle, Prodr. 6: 303. 1838 wfo-0000050119
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus gramineus Bojer ex DC. Prodr. 6: 303 (1838) wfo-0000011300
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus harknessii Greene Pittonia 1(1): 23. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887] wfo-0000138850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus hastatus Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3250. 1831 wfo-0000132808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus hispida Greene Pittonia 1(1): 22. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887] wfo-0000138318
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus hotha C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind. : 276 (1876) wfo-0000047634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus hypochaeroides Schltdl. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hal. 1850: 7. 1851 wfo-0000044749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus intermedius Krock. Fl. Siles. 4(2): 234. 1823 wfo-0000060932
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus jacottetianus Thell. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 71: 156. 1926 wfo-0000096114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus jaquiniocephalus Svent. Index Seminum (Acclim. Pl. Arautapae) : 55 (1969) wfo-0000129881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus javanicus (Burm.f.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 648 (1826) wfo-0000124541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus jonesii Greene Pittonia 1(1): 23. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887] wfo-0000121030
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus kingii Greene Pittonia 1(1): 23. 1887 [Mar 1887 publ. 26 Feb 1887] wfo-0000023794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus laciniatus T.Moore Flor. & Pom.: 138. 1871 wfo-0000006779
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus laevis Sloane wfo-0000089719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus libycus Spach ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 823 (1875) wfo-0000101734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus littoralis (Kirk) Allan Fl. New Zealand i. 760 (1961) wfo-0000117543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus longifolius Colla Herb. Pedem. 3: 530. 1834 , in obs. wfo-0000133036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus longifolius Wall. Numer. List : n.° 3251 (1831) wfo-0000083077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus loscosii Willk. Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hisp. 115. 1893 [Dec 1893] wfo-0000042966
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus lowei (Sch.Bip.) Heer ex Bolle Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14(3): 246 (1891) wfo-0000050349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus maculigerus H.Lindb. in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 169. 1932 wfo-0000123501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus malaianus Miq. wfo-1000056231
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus maritimus Pall. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2(2,7): 843 (1846) wfo-0000069776
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus maritimus Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11: 96 (1838) wfo-0000090732
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus massaviensis Sch.Bip. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. : 160 (1867) wfo-0000023388
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus metzianus Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3(8): 396 (1881) wfo-0000043838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus neglectus Pit. in Pitard & Proust, Iles Canaries: 261. Jan–Mar 1909 wfo-0000003152
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus nigricans Tausch in Flora 12: 33. 1829 wfo-0000003908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones New Zealand J. Bot. 52(2): 186 (2014) wfo-0000047692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sonchus nudicaulis (L.) Sch.Bip. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 2): 427 (1849) wfo-0000077486