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	Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma (H.LINDB.) DAHLST.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Genus: Taraxacum F.H.WIGG.
Section: Erythrosperma (H.LINDB.) DAHLST.

Authors:
	H.LINDB.:	Harald Lindberg (1871 - 1963), Finnish botanist
	DAHLST.:	Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt (1856 - 1934), Swedish botanist with main focus on Taraxacum and Hieracium
	F.H.WIGG.:	Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers (1746 - 1811), German botanist in Holstein (Northern Germany)

Etymology:
	Taraxacum:	Persian plant name
	erythrosperma:	eruthros = red, spermum = seed

On some photos the cockles at the tips of the sepals can be seen, which are the attribute for the assignment of a Dandelion to the sect. Erythrosperma, the Lesser Dandelions.

Fig. 1: Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma / Lesser Dandelion
D Hanhofen 14.4.2018

Fig. 2: Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma / Lesser Dandelion
D Hanhofen 14.4.2018

Fig. 3: Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma / Lesser Dandelion
D Hanhofen 14.4.2018

Fig. 4: Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma / Lesser Dandelion
D Hanhofen 14.4.2018

Fig. 5: Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma / Lesser Dandelion
D Rheinhessen, Frei-Laubersheim 26.4.2008

Fig. 6: Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma / Lesser Dandelion
D Rheinhessen, Frei-Laubersheim 26.4.2008

Fig. 7: Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma / Lesser Dandelion
D Rheinhessen, Frei-Laubersheim 26.4.2008

Fig. 8: Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma ? / Lesser Dandelion
D Viernheim 4.5.2009

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