Two new Taraxacum species (Asteraceae) from Nordic countries

Authors

• Juhani Räsänen

Abstract

Two new species of Taraxacum from Finland, Sweden and Norway are described here based on both field studies and cultivated material. Their morphology is compared with closely related species. Holotypes are deposited in H. Taraxacum (sect. Boreigena) hirsuticaule J. Räsänen has been found in northern Finland, Sweden and Norway, Taraxacum (sect. Borea) boreipix J. Räsänen only in Finland, Inari Lapland. Additional studies are required to clarify their total distributions.