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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.

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link