Asteracaeae

Asteraceae

Taraxacum bessarabicum
(HORNEM.) HAND.-MAZZ.
subsp. bessarabicum
(HORNEM.) HAND.-MAZZ.

Taraxacum bessarabicum
(HORNEM.) HAND.-MAZZ.
subsp. bessarabicum
(HORNEM.) HAND.-MAZZ

Taraxacum WIGGERS
Taraxacum bessarabicum (HORNEM.) HAND.-MAZZ.
subsp. bessarabicum (HORNEM.) HAND.-MAZZ.
Ömür: Çok yıllık
Yapı: ot
Hayat formu:
İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 7
Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 11
Habitat: tuzlu alan, tarla
Minimum yükseklik: 900
Maksimum yükseklik: 2600
Endemik: -
Element: ?
Türkiye dağılımı: Karasal Anadolu
Genel dağılımı: O. Avrupa, Balkanlar, G. Rusya, Cyrenıaca, Suriye, İran, Afganistan, G. Afrika
Bulunduğu iller
Bulunduğu kareler: A7 A8 A9 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 B9 C2 C4 C9

T. bessarabicum (Hornem.) Hand.-Mazz., Monogr. Tarax. 26 (1907).
Plant base sparingly hairy; leaves glabrous, ± fleshy, lobate; side lobes ± triangular, ± dentate, acute, mostly spreading. Scapes mostly ± arachnoid below capitulum. Involucre subcylindrical, narrow, mostly pale reddish-brown. Ligules red-purple on outside; stigmas pure yellow. Achenes straw-coloured, pale brown or reddish-brown, 4-6 mm, spinulose at apex, with a ± cylindrical, 1 mm cone; beak 4-5-5 mm; pappus pale reddish-brown to very pale violet. Fl. (7-)8-10(-ll). Saline places, fields, 900-3000 m.
1. Achenes straw-coloured or pale brown, 4-4.5 mm (incl. cone); beak 4 mm subsp. bessarabicum
1. Achenes reddish-brown, 6 mm (incl. cone); beak 5-5.5 mm subsp. gumusanicum
subsp. bessarabicum. Syn: Leontodon bessarabicus Hornem. in Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 88 (1819); Taraxacum leptocephalum Reichb., Fl. Germ. Exc. 270 (1830-1832): T. fulvipile Harvey in Harvey & Sonder, Fl. Cap. 3:527 (1859); T. steno-cephalum Boiss. & Kotschy in Boiss., Fl. Or. 3:790 (1875)! Ic: Reichb., Ic. Fl. Germ. 19: t. 1406 f. 4 (1860); Hegi, I11. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 6(2): f. 764, b, e (1928).
Type: Bessarabia, ex horto vindobonense sub hoc nomine, Hornemann (holo. W!).
Mainly Inner Anatolia. A7/8 Trabzon/Gümüşane: Alischeri Khan, between Trabzon and Bayburt, 1860 m, Kotschy Suppl. 649 (type of T. stenocephalum)'. A9 Kars: Ardahan to Haçuvan, 1700 m, D. 32597! B3 Afyon: Sincanli, W. of Afyon, Aellen 1967:1008! B4 Niğde: Tuz G., N.W. of Ulukişla, 900-950 m, D. 32829! B6 Sivas: Kangal, 1440 m, M.&D.Zohary 3535! B7 Erzincan: Sipikör Da., Sint. 1890:3362! B8 Erzurum: 4 km N. of Erzurum, 1800 m, D. 47491! B9 Van: Van, Nabelek 3771! C2 Muğla: Sandras Da. at Kökluce ova, 1250 m, D. 13625! C4 Konya: Konya to Kayacik, D. 14737! C9 Hakkari: Kela Mame above Hoz, 2600 m, Nâbelek 3769!
Richards informs me that T. fulvipile Harvey is synonymous with T. bessarabicum. Handel-Mazzetti was in error when he stated that it was identical with T. microcephalum sensu Hand.-Mazz.