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Taraxacum holmboei

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Taraxacum holmboei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Taraxacum
Species:
T. holmboei
Binomial name
Taraxacum holmboei
Taraxacum holmboei is endemic to Cyprus[1]

Taraxacum holmboei, the Troödos dandelion, is a rosulate perennial herb, up to 10 cm high. Leaves simple, all in rosette, deeply divided (pinnatifid), with deltoid-acute lobes, glabrous, oblong in outline, 3.5-10 x 8-2.5 cm. Flowers in capitula, with yellow, ligulate florets, flowering May–June (hysteranthous, flowers appearing after leaf development). Fruit a pappose achene.[2]

Habitat

Open pine forests, roadsides, dry hillsides with open vegetation on igneous rocks at 1100–1950 m altitude.

Distribution

Endemic to Cyprus where it is confined to the Troödos Mountains where it is locally common: Platania, Karvounas, Troodos Square, Almyrolivadho, Khionistra and Prodromos.

Etymology

It is named in honour of the Norwegian botanist Jens Holmboe (1880 – 1943).[3]

Cytology

The diploid chromosome count is 2n = 12.[4]

Conservation

It is categorized as vulnerable (VU) by The Red Data Book of the flora of Cyprus.[5][4]

References

  1. ^ "Taraxacum holmboei H.Lindb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2
  3. ^ Taraxacum holmboei. (2022, September 26). Discover Cyprus. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://cyprustravels.org/asterales/taraxacum-holmboei/
  4. ^ a b Taraxacum holmboei | Flora of Cyprus — a dynamic checklist. (n.d.). Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0c8440e6-5d73-4763-9588-097ab2d12952
  5. ^ Hand, Ralf. (2013). "The effectiveness of seed-banked material in ex situ cultivation: An example from Cyprus." Flora Mediterranea. 23. 93-103. 10.7320/FlMedit23.093.

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