Taraxacum rhodocarpum and T. schroeterianum (Asteraceae, Crepidinae) are not synonyms, and T. sect. Rhodocarpa is the correct name for T. sect. Alpestria

0562858 - BÚ 2023 RIV NZ eng J - Journal Article
Štěpánek, Jan - Kirschner, Jan
Taraxacum rhodocarpum and T. schroeterianum (Asteraceae, Crepidinae) are not synonyms, and T. sect. Rhodocarpa is the correct name for T. sect. Alpestria.
Phytotaxa. Roč. 548, č. 2 (2022), s. 295-300. ISSN 1179-3155. E-ISSN 1179-3163
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Taraxacum taxonomy * Alpine flora * chromosome number * plant nomenclature
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 1.1, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.548.2.12

Taraxacum schroeterianum Hand.-Mazz. was published to cover distinctive red-fruited slender West Alpine plants with appressed outer phyllaries, it traditionally included T. rhodocarpum Dahlst. as a synonym. A separate section, T. sect. Rhodocarpa van Soest was even erected, its type is T. rhodocarpum on the basis of Art. 10.8 of the ICN. We present a detailed evidence for the separate status of T. schroeterianum and T. rhodocarpum. They differ in a series of morphological features and in the chromosome number. While the former represents a rather isolated taxon, the latter is close to the group of T. reophilum van Soest, the type of T. sect. Alpestria (van Soest) van Soest. Taraxacum sect. Rhodocarpa is therefore considered as the correct name for T. sect. Alpestria.
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