Biology:Mulgedium

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Mulgedium
Mulgedium alpinum a4.jpg
Formerly classified as Mulgedium alpinum, this name is now a synonym for Cicerbita alpina.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
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Order:
Family:
Tribe:
Cichorieae[1]
Genus:
Mulgedium

Cass.
Type species
Mulgedium tataricum[2][3]
(L.) DC.

Mulgedium is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.[4][3][5]

Mulgedium is closely related to Lactuca and considered part of that genus by some authors.[6]

Species[1][7][3]

Well over 100 names have been coined within Mulgedium, most of which are now considered better suited to other genera (Chaetoseris Cicerbita Crepis Lactuca Nabalus Paraprenanthes Prenanthes Stenoseris). The following remain in Mulgedium.

  • Mulgedium cacaliaefolius DC. - Caucasus[8]
  • Mulgedium centrale Gand. - Illinois
  • Mulgedium lindheimeri Gand. - Texas
  • Mulgedium polyanthum Gand. - Kansas
  • Mulgedium qinghaicum S.W.Liu & T.N.Ho - Qinghai
  • Mulgedium roseum Popov & Vved. - Turkestan

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6933962 entry