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Taraxacum revertens G. HAGL. |
 Taraxacum revertens G. HAGL |
Taraxacum WIGGERS
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| T. revertens G.Hagl. in Bot. Not. 1939:539, f. 4 (1939). Leaves with numerous side lobes (up to 9 each side), these acute, upper ones partly rotundate, mostly reflexed; terminal lobe small; petioles pale or brownish. Involucre rather small, dark olivaceous; outer phyllaries long, ± linear, reflexed, partly with gibbosities. Pollen present; stigmas dark green. Fl. 5-6. Alt. 1700-2050 m. Type: [Turkey A5 Amasya] Amasya, Manissadjian 80 (holo. S! iso. K! W, p.p.!). Mainly Inner Anatolia. B6 Maraş: Topalli, between Elbistan and Malatya, 1700 m, D. 27686 p.p.! B7 Erzincan: Sürek, Sint. 1889:128! B10 Ağri: Doğu-bayazit to Iğdir, 2050 m, M.Zohary & Plitm. 2265-47! Endemic. Ir.-Tur. element. Sect. Erythrocarpa Hand.-Mazz., Monogr. Tarax. 103 (1907) emend. Dahlst. emend. van Soest in Acta Bot. Neerl. 9:306 (1960). Syn: Taraxaca erythrocarpa Hand.-Mazz. pro parte; Sect. Eu-Erythrocarpa Dahlst. in Acta Horti Berg. 9:23 (1926). Achenes straw-coloured or mostly ± reddish or red, densely spinulose above with a cylindrical or conic-cylindrical cone, beak present; pappus white. Outer phyllaries usually ovate, erect or recurved at apex, with small horns, corniculate, or only with a gibbosity (rarely without), with an usually rather broad white margin. Plants of small or moderate size, growing in xerophytic places. |