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Genus: Taraxacum (dandelions) Life
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Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion). |
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About 60 species, native to north temperate regions and temperate South
America. There are 15 species that have become established in southern
Africa.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of southern Africa (POSA)
- an online checklist (SANBI).
Taraxacum bessarabicum |
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Taraxacum brachyglossum |
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Taraxacum breviscapum |
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Taraxacum brunneum |
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Taraxacum cophocentrum |
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Taraxacum dilatatum |
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Taraxacum disseminatum |
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Taraxacum duplidens |
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Taraxacum eckmanii |
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Taraxacum hamatiforme |
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Taraxacum marklundii |
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Taraxacum officinale (Common
Dandelion)
Perdeblom, Platdissel [Afrikaans]; irwabe lenyoka [Xhosa];
umashwababa [Zulu] See KwaZulu-Natal
wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 338; Wild
Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 120. |
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Taraxacum parvilobum |
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Taraxacum privum |
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Taraxacum serotinum |
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