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	Aetheorhiza bulbosa (L.) CASS. subsp. willkommii (BURNAT & BARBEY) RECH.F.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Synon.: Crepis willkommii BURNAT & BARBEY, Sonchus willkommii (BURNAT & BARBEY) ROSSELLO & L.SAEZ

Genus: Aetheorhiza CASS., Crepis L., Sonchus L.

According to its appearance Aetheorhiza bulbosa has formerly been put into the relationship of Hawk's-Beard (Crepis), but new genetic investigation showed that the plant is closer related to the Sow-Thistles (Sonchus).
The bulbs from which it got the name 'bulbosa' are not available in all specimens.

Authors:
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	CASS.:	Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781 - 1832), French botanist
	BURNAT:	Émile Burnat (1828 - 1920), Swiss botanist
	BARBEY:	William Barbey (1842 - 1914), Swiss botanist
	RECH.F.:	Karl Heinz Rechinger (filius, 1906 - 1998), Austrian botanist, son of Karl Rechinger
	ROSSELLO:	Josep Antoni Rosselló i Picornell (1961 - ), Spanish botanist
	L.SAEZ:	Llorenç Sáez (1965 - ), Spanish botanist

Etymology:
	Aetheorhiza:	aethe = unusual, rhiza = root
	bulbosa:	bulbous
	willkommii:	Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (1821 - 1895), German botanist (WILLK.)
	Crepis:	krepis = shoe, already used as plant name by Theophrast
	Sonchus:	Greek name of a thistle-like plant

Fig. 1: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Port de Andratx 9.4.2012

Fig. 2: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Port de Andratx 9.4.2012

Fig. 3: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Port de Andratx 9.4.2012

Fig. 4: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Port de Andratx 9.4.2012

Fig. 5: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Port de Andratx 9.4.2012

Fig. 6: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Pollensa 11.4.2012

Fig. 7: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Pollensa 11.4.2012

Fig. 8: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Pollensa 11.4.2012

Fig. 9: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Pollensa 11.4.2012

Fig. 10: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Pollensa 11.4.2012

Fig. 11: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Cap Formentor 24.4.2011

Fig. 12: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Cap Formentor 24.4.2011

Fig. 13: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Cap Formentor 24.4.2011

Fig. 14: Aetheorhiza bulbosa subsp. willkommii / Tuberous Hawk's-Beard
Majorca, Cap Formentor 24.4.2011

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