Mulgedium
| Mulgedium | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Mulgedium alpinum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae[1] |
| Genus: | Mulgedium Cass. |
| Type species | |
| Mulgedium tataricum[2][3] (L.) DC. | |
Mulgedium is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.[4][3][5]
Mulgedium is closely related to Lactuca and considered part of that genus by some authors.[6]
Well over 100 names have been coined within Mulgedium, most of which are now considered better suited to other genera (Chaetoseris Cicerbita Crepis Lactuca Nabalus Paraprenanthes Prenanthes Stenoseris). The following remain in Mulgedium.
- Mulgedium cacaliaefolius DC. - Caucasus[8]
- Mulgedium centrale Gand. - Illinois
- Mulgedium lindheimeri Gand. - Texas
- Mulgedium polyanthum Gand. - Kansas
- Mulgedium qinghaicum S.W.Liu & T.N.Ho - Qinghai
- Mulgedium roseum Popov & Vved. - Turkestan
References
- 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ lectotype designated by C. Shih, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26: 390 (1988)
- 1 2 3 Tropicos, Mulgedium Cass.
- ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1824. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 33: 296–300 in French
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 258, Mulgedium Cassini
- ↑ South China Botanical Garden Herbarium
- ↑ The Plant List search for Mulgedium
- ↑ The International Plant Names Index
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