Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Taraxacum officinale
taraxaco, diente de león, achicoria de los montes, dandelion
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Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Taraxacum
Species
officinale
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Leontodon taraxacum L.
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1991
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Clavijo, P. Valdebenito, H. & Hurtado, F. (1991) Plantas introducidas en las areas urbanas de las islas Galapagos. Typescript reports in files of Botany Dept.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
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- Nash, D.L. (1976) Tribe III, Astereae. In: Nash, D.L. & Williams, L.O. (eds.): Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 128–164, 483–495.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Taraxacum officinale", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=363. Accessed 12 September 2024.