Taraxacum holmboei

Species of flowering plant

Taraxacum holmboei

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Asterales
Family:  | Asteraceae
Genus:  | Taraxacum
Species:  |

T. holmboei

Binomial name
Taraxacum holmboei

H.Lindb.

Taraxacum holmboei is endemic to Cyprus[1]

Taraxacum holmboei, the Troödos dandelion, is a rosulate perennial herb, up to 10 cm high. Leaves simple, all in rosette, deeply divided (pinnatifid), with deltoid-acute lobes, glabrous, oblong in outline, 3.5-10 x 8-2.5 cm. Flowers in capitula, with yellow, ligulate florets, flowering May–June (hysteranthous, flowers appearing after leaf development). Fruit a pappose achene.[2]

## Habitat

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Open pine forests, roadsides, dry hillsides with open vegetation on igneous rocks at 1100–1950 m altitude.

## Distribution

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Endemic to Cyprus where it is confined to the Troödos Mountains where it is locally common: Platania, Karvounas, Troodos Square, Almyrolivadho, Khionistra and Prodromos.

## Etymology

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It is named in honour of the Norwegian botanist Jens Holmboe (1880 – 1943).[3]

## Cytology

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The diploid chromosome count is 2n = 12.[4]

## Conservation

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It is categorized as vulnerable (VU) by The Red Data Book of the flora of Cyprus.[5][4]

## References

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1. ^ "Taraxacum holmboei H.Lindb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
2. ^ The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2
3. ^ Taraxacum holmboei. (2022, September 26). Discover Cyprus. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://cyprustravels.org/asterales/taraxacum-holmboei/
4. ^ a b Taraxacum holmboei | Flora of Cyprus — a dynamic checklist. (n.d.). Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://www.flora-of-cyprus.eu/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0c8440e6-5d73-4763-9588-097ab2d12952
5. ^ Hand, Ralf. (2013). "The effectiveness of seed-banked material in ex situ cultivation: An example from Cyprus." Flora Mediterranea. 23. 93-103. 10.7320/FlMedit23.093.

## External links

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* http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-973769/stock-photo-taraxacum-holmboei-wildflower-of-cyprus.html
* http://www.plantbuzz.com/Alpine-L/ATOW/page52.jpg

Taxon identifiers

Taraxacum holmboei|

* Wikidata: Q18169411
* CoL: 54V9B
* GBIF: 5697842
* IPNI: 253551-1
* Open Tree of Life: 3895646
* Plant List: gcc-37327
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:253551-1
* WFO: wfo-0000080762
* WoRMS: 1091691