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Taraxacum alaskanum

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Alaska Dandelion

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.835652

Element CodePDAST931M0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusProvisional

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderAsterales

FamilyAsteraceae

GenusTaraxacum

Other Common Names

Pissenlit d'Alaska (FR)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Kartesz (1999) includes Taraxacum alaskanum in Taraxacum phymatocarpum, whereas Flora of North America (2006) recognizes it as a species distinct from T. phymatocarpum. Flora of North America (2006) also includes Taraxacum kamtschaticum material in T. alaskanum; Kartesz (1999) places T. kamtschaticum material in T. lyratum.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-06-23

Change Date2016-06-23

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Washington	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Alaska (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hoonah Sound	Tongass National Forest	79,764

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 19. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 6: Asteraceae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 579 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.