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Title: Taraxacum rubrifolium: where is it native?
Post by: Rodger Whitlock on May 19, 2010, 12:53:27 AM

Google kept the native haunts of Taraxacum rubrifolium a secret.

Is it perhaps merely a red-leaved form of the common dandelion, T. officinale? Or is it a good species?

Title: Re: Taraxacum rubrifolium: where is it native?
Post by: TheOnionMan on May 19, 2010, 01:34:37 AM

Checking IPNI.ORG, nothing comes up for Taraxacum rubrifolium, but there is a Taraxacum rubifolium.

http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=254622-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_isAPNIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DTaraxacum%26find_sortByFamily%3Dtrue%26find_isGCIRecord%3Dtrue%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dall%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_isIKRecord%3Dtrue%26find_species%3Dr*%26output_format%3Dnormal

Doing an IPNI search as Taraxacum r*  will give other name possibilities:
http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=Taraxacum&find_species=r*&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch (http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_family=&find_genus=Taraxacum&find_species=r*&find_infrafamily=&find_infragenus=&find_infraspecies=&find_authorAbbrev=&find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_publicationTitle=&find_isAPNIRecord=on&find_isAPNIRecord=false&find_isGCIRecord=on&find_isGCIRecord=false&find_isIKRecord=on&find_isIKRecord=false&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_sortByFamily=on&find_sortByFamily=off&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch)

Title: Re: Taraxacum rubrifolium: where is it native?
Post by: Rodger Whitlock on May 19, 2010, 03:31:15 AM

Good work, Mark.

It looks like the correct name is Taraxacum rubifolium (note spelling of specific epithet), and it's native to the Faeroe Islands.

Those of you growing this red-leaved, yellow-flowered dandelion: correct your labels and spread the word.

Title: Re: Taraxacum rubrifolium: where is it native?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 19, 2010, 09:56:22 AM

From a brief look at the dandelions with "red" connotations in their names, it seems that most hail from Scandanavian regions..... interesting that...... worthy of more investigation..... someday... ::)!

Title: Re: Taraxacum rubrifolium: where is it native?
Post by: arisaema on May 19, 2010, 10:25:29 AM

You're more than welcome to come here and collect as many samples as you can carry, but I'm afraid they're all relatively plain... :P

Title: Re: Taraxacum rubrifolium: where is it native?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 19, 2010, 10:50:37 AM

hmmm..... very kind of you but don't put the kettle on just yet!  ;)