Taraxacum brachyrhynchum (lat.) Is a species of dicotyledonous plants of the genus Dandelion ( Taraxacum ) of the Asteraceae family. First described by the botanist G. E. Haglund in 1964 [2] .
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Distribution Description
Endemic to Jan Mayen Island , part of Norway . One of at least three species of the genus Dandelion endemic to this island; the other two are Taraxacum recedens ( Dahlst. ) GE Haglund (now considered synonymous with Taraxacum acromaurum Dahlst. [3] ) and Taraxacum torvum GE Haglund [4] [5] .
The plant is small in size, about 10 cm tall. The leaves are long. The inflorescence is bright yellow. Fruit - achene 4 mm in size, yellow or gray in color [6] .
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Taraxacum brachyrhynchum GEHaglund - The Plant List
- ↑ Taraxacum recedens (Dahlst.) GEHaglund - The Plant List
- ↑ Animals and Plants Unique to Jan Mayen
- ↑ Taraxacum Archived October 30, 2015.
- ↑ http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/173632/Skrifter130.pdf?sequence=1