As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Taraxacum
This genus name was first published in Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 56. 1780
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-4000037583.
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Synonyms of Taraxacum
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taraxacum filiflorum | in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, ser. 2, 27: 93. 1937 | wfo-0000134409 | ||
| Leontodon sect. Taraxacum | – | — | wfo-1000043959 | |
| Taraxacum officinale subsp. dens-leonis | – | – | — | wfo-1200111568 |
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Unplaced Names
These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Taraxacum:
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taraxacum aberrans | Hagend. & al. in Acta Bot. Neerl. 23. 1974 439 1974 | — | wfo-0000058055 | |
| Taraxacum abhorrens | Phytotaxa 679(1): 111 (2025) | wfo-1000077651 | ||
| Taraxacum acerrinum | Bot. Tidsskr. 43: 238, nomen. (1935) | wfo-0000062186 | ||
| Taraxacum acrifolium | in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 8: 621. 1929 | wfo-0000081011 | ||
| Taraxacum acrophyllum | Acta Bot. Fenn. xvii. 15 (1935), nomen; Markl | wfo-0000091819 | ||
| Taraxacum adamifolium | Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 69(2): 161 (1975) | wfo-0000061073 | ||
| Taraxacum adamii f. acutilobum | Acta Bot. Neerl. 27(5-6): 315 (1978) | wfo-0001322899 | ||
| Taraxacum adiantifrons | Bergens Mus. Årbog (Årbok) 1923-1924(6): 32 (1925). (1925) | wfo-0000059110 | ||
| Taraxacum adunans | Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 1937, xxxi. 170. | — | wfo-0000021846 | |
| Taraxacum aequisectum | Bot. Tidsskr. xliii. 239 (1935), nomen. | — | wfo-0000090516 | |
| Taraxacum affine | Pugill. Pl. Nov. 113. 1852 | wfo-0000122320 | ||
| Taraxacum ajano-majense | Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka 6: 373 (1992) (1992) | wfo-0000135335 | ||
| Taraxacum akteum | Hagend. & al. in Acta Bot. Neerl. 23. 1974 440 1974 | — | wfo-0000052223 | |
| Taraxacum alatiforme | Bot. Not. 1911, 288, in syn. | wfo-0000124329 | ||
| Taraxacum albofimbriatum | J. Jap. Bot. 1936, xii. 626. | wfo-0000119203 | ||
| Taraxacum alpinum | Linnaea 23: 676 (1851) | wfo-0000122377 | ||
| Taraxacum alpinum | Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt (1852) 87, nomen; Enum. Pl. Tr | wfo-0000007320 | ||
| Taraxacum altune | J. Aug. 1st Agric. Coll. 18(3): 1 (-2; fig. 1). 1995 [Sep 1995] | wfo-0000050755 | ||
| Taraxacum amblyphyllum | Bot. Not. 1935, 130. | wfo-0000030871 | ||
| Taraxacum amoenum | Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. viii. 144 (1933). | wfo-0000008862 | ||
| Taraxacum amphilobum | Bot. Tidsskr. xliii. 238 (1935), nomen | — | wfo-0000043399 | |
| Taraxacum amphiodon | Bot. Not. 1934, 3. | wfo-0000133541 | ||
| Taraxacum amphoraefrons | Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 50: 176 (1979) | wfo-0000057787 | ||
| Taraxacum anadryicum | Novo. Sist. Vyss. Niz. Rast. 21: 191 1984 | — | wfo-0001130767 | |
| Taraxacum ancistratum | Preslia 75(2): 140 (2003). | wfo-0000082177 | ||
| Taraxacum ancistrolobum | Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 39(4): 36. 1914 , nomen | wfo-0000032732 | ||
| Taraxacum angulare | Hagend. & al. in Acta Bot. Neerl. 25. 1976 81 1976 | — | wfo-0000055037 | |
| Taraxacum angustifolium | Genezisa Fitostromy Rossii: 102. 2015 | wfo-1200110258 | ||
| Taraxacum angustisquameum | – | — | wfo-0000007782 | |
| Taraxacum angustissimum | Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. xxxiv. No. 7, 15 (1911), nomen. | wfo-0000035329 | ||
| Taraxacum angustum | Acta Bot. Fenn. n.° 17, P. 13 (1935), nomen. | wfo-0000000278 | ||
| Taraxacum annalisae | Willdenowia 42(2): 192 (2012) | wfo-0001334769 | ||
| Taraxacum aphanochroum | Hagend. & al. in Gorteria 5. 1970 84 1970 | — | wfo-0000057673 | |
| Taraxacum apoense | J. Jap. Bot. ix. 356 (1933). | wfo-0000064572 | ||
| Taraxacum arasanum | Feddes Repert. 88(9-10): 619 (1978) | wfo-0000006144 | ||
| Taraxacum arcticum f. albiflorum | Ark. Bot. 4, n.° 8: 15 (1905) | wfo-0001321252 | ||
| Taraxacum ardlense | Watsonia 15(2): 86 (1984) | wfo-0000087893 | ||
| Taraxacum aristatum | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 111 (1933) | wfo-0000138724 | ||
| Taraxacum aristifolium | J. Jap. Bot. 1936, xii. 620. | wfo-0000133394 | ||
| Taraxacum asconense | Dahlst in Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 42. 1933 723 1933 | — | wfo-0000047755 | |
| Taraxacum asiaticum f. lonchophyllum | Journal of Japanese Botany 36(1): 22 1961 | — | wfo-0000137940 | |
| Taraxacum assemani | Fl. Orient. 3: 791 (1875) | wfo-0000053526 | ||
| Taraxacum atrilimhatum | Acta Bot. Fenn. xxiii. 49 (1938), nomen. | wfo-0000004194 | ||
| Taraxacum atriviolaceum | Acta Bot. Fenn. n.° 17, P. 17 (1935), in syn. | wfo-0000038319 | ||
| Taraxacum atromarginatum | Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. xxxix. n.° 4, 72 (1914) | wfo-0000138872 | ||
| Taraxacum atrovirens | Bot. Not. 1935, 100. | wfo-0000044994 | ||
| Taraxacum aureum | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 43(I): 180 (1870) | wfo-0000122860 | ||
| Taraxacum austriacum var. denubium | Feddes Repert. 84(1-2): 21 (1973) | wfo-0001386825 | ||
| Taraxacum austriacum var. punctatum | Feddes Repert. 84(1-2): 22 (1973) | wfo-0001386826 | ||
| Taraxacum austrinum f. minor | Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 15(2): 118. 1972 | wfo-0001322900 | ||
| Taraxacum austrouralense | Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 96(6): 805 (-806) (2011) | wfo-0001332595 | ||
| Taraxacum autumnale | Cat. Pl. Marseille, 87. | — | wfo-0000013983 | |
| Taraxacum autumnale | Fl. Ross. 2(2,7): 778 (1846) | wfo-0000058148 | ||
| Taraxacum azzizii | Wentia x. 21 (1963). | wfo-0000048488 | ||
| Taraxacum badzhalense | Byull. Mosk. Ob. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 91, 3 : 115 (1986) | — | wfo-0000073854 | |
| Taraxacum bashkiricum | Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 96(6): 806 (-807) (2011) | wfo-0001332596 | ||
| Taraxacum beeltinkii | Acta Bot. Neerl. 21(5): 493 (1972). | — | wfo-0000014613 | |
| Taraxacum bellidifolium | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 43(I): 187 (1870) | wfo-0000079923 | ||
| Taraxacum bercheriense | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 6(2): 236 (1921) | wfo-0000086488 | ||
| Taraxacum biforme | Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. xxxiv. No. 1, 32 (1910). | — | wfo-0000130318 | |
| Taraxacum bithynicum | Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 3: 791. 1875 [Sep-Oct 1875] | wfo-0000062861 | ||
| Taraxacum bithynicum | Bulletin de la societe imperiale des naturalistses de Moscou 15: 130 1842 | — | wfo-0000106194 | |
| Taraxacum bonaespei | Phytotaxa 457(1): 294. 2020 | wfo-1000024887 | ||
| Taraxacum boreale | Prodr. 7(1): 105, in syn. (1838) | wfo-0000121742 | ||
| Taraxacum boreipix | Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 100: 43 (2024) | wfo-1000077076 | ||
| Taraxacum bosniacum | Acta Bot. Neerl. xiv. 22 (1965). | wfo-0000042302 | ||
| Taraxacum brabanticum | Hagend. & al. in Acta Bot. Neerl. 22. 1973 616 1973 | — | wfo-0000052742 | |
| Taraxacum brachycarpum | Veröff. Geobot. Inst. ETH Stiftung Rübel Zürich xlii. 112 (1969) | wfo-0000009098 | ||
| Taraxacum brachycranum | Acta Fl. Suec. i. 124, 160. 1921 | wfo-0000061890 | ||
| Taraxacum brachyglossum f. aphanochroum | Feddes Repert. 84(1-2): 54 (1973) | wfo-0001322901 | ||
| Taraxacum brachyglossum f. argutum | Feddes Repert. 84(1-2): 54 (1973) | wfo-0001322902 | ||
| Taraxacum brachyglossum f. fulvifructum | Dumortiera 4: 32, as '(Dahlst.) Raunk.' (1976) | wfo-0001322903 | ||
| Taraxacum brachylepis | Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 8: 145. 1933 ; Markl. in Acta Bot. Fenn. xxvi.62, 139 (1940). | wfo-0000123305 | ||
| Taraxacum brakelii | in Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Ser. C, Biol. Med. Sci. 69: 438. 1966 | wfo-0000030597 | ||
| Taraxacum braun-blanquetii f. achyrocarpum | Acta Bot. Neerl. 20(1): 145 (1971) | wfo-0001322904 | ||
| Taraxacum braun-blanquettii | (1954). Vegetatio | — | wfo-1000040381 | |
| Taraxacum brevirostre var. lanatum | Fl. Pakistan 222: 136 (2017) | — | wfo-1200113012 | |
| Taraxacum brevum | Feddes Repert. 87(7-8): 452 (1976) | wfo-0000028917 | ||
| Taraxacum bulbosum | Fl. Germ. Excurs. : 270 | wfo-0000013995 | ||
| Taraxacum bulkovii | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 17: 8 (1962). (1962) | wfo-0000063937 | ||
| Taraxacum cabannaeforme | Mem. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fennica 89:43 (2013) | — | wfo-1000080155 | |
| Taraxacum calabricum | – | wfo-0001443379 | ||
| Taraxacum calcareum | – | — | wfo-0000138840 | |
| Taraxacum calens | Phytotaxa 679(1): 43 (2025) | wfo-1000077642 | ||
| Taraxacum calliops | Ark. Bot. ser. 2, 5: 469. 1960 | wfo-0000112024 | ||
| Taraxacum calochroum | Hagend. & al. in Acta Bot. Neerl. 21. 1972 494 1972 | — | wfo-0000056046 | |
| Taraxacum calomorphum | Veröff. Geobot. Inst. ETH Stiftung Rübel Zürich xlii. 130 (1969) | wfo-0000127784 | ||
| Taraxacum cambriense | Watsonia 9(Suppl.): 61. 98 (1972) | wfo-0000004280 | ||
| Taraxacum canaliculatum f. potens | Preslia 71(1-2): 68 (1999): (1999) | wfo-0001320182 | ||
| Taraxacum canarense | Broteria, Ser. Trimestr. 23: 139. 1954 | wfo-0000081686 | ||
| Taraxacum candicans | Phytotaxa 679(1): 37 (2025) | wfo-1000077640 | ||
| Taraxacum canescens | Fl. Orient. 3: 786 (1875) | wfo-0000063206 | ||
| Taraxacum canoviride | in Sched. Pl. Finland. Exsicc. Fasc. 21-42: 118. 1944 | wfo-0000114267 | ||
| Taraxacum canoviride | Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 39(4): 58. 1914 , nomen | wfo-0000114635 | ||
| Taraxacum canum | in Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Ser. C, Biol. Med. Sci. 69: 370. 1966 | wfo-0000049674 | ||
| Taraxacum capense | Flora 31: 170 (1848) | wfo-0000064842 | ||
| Taraxacum caphocentrum | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 8(5): 624 (1929) | wfo-0000008291 | ||
| Taraxacum carbocapillum | Ann. Bot. Fenn. 36(4): 292 (1999) | wfo-0000134684 | ||
| Taraxacum caucasicum | Prodr. 7(1): 146 (1838) | wfo-0000131759 | ||
| Taraxacum ceratophorum subsp. lacerum | Taxon 31: 360 (1982) | wfo-0000085385 |