Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Leontodon taraxacum L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 798 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Europae pascuis."
Wiggers, F.H. (1780), Primitiae Florae Holsaticae: 56 [replaced synonym]
replaced synonym of: Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg. legitimate
Kirschner, J. & Štěpánek, J. (February 2011), Typification of Leontodon taraxacum L. (≡ Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.) and the generic name Taraxacum: a review and a new typification proposal. Taxon 60(1): 219 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg. legitimate
  • Text: "Dens leonis latiore folio Bauh., In Lusatia, Bohemia, Dania. J. Burser vi.37 (lectotype, designated here: UPS, J. Burser, Hortus siccus vi.37, bottom left specimen). Previous lectotype (Richards, 1985: 634) superseded here under Art. 9.17(b): Leontodon calyce inferne reflexo, Linnaeus, Fl. Lapp.: 228 (no. 280). 1737—herb. LAPP (Institut de France, Paris)."