AuthorRichards, A.J.
Year1972
TitleThe Taraxacum Flora of the BritIsh Isles
SeriesWatsonia offprint
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British microspecies known at the time.
SourceWatsonia offprint, 9, 141pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
IllustrationsLine drawings of plants (in apparently random order), four to a page, at the back
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Recognises 132 microspecies of Dandelion in five sections. Key to Sections, then Sectional Keys, followed by all the descriptions, giving about half a page to each species, and including the figure number of the drawing.
Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

Erratum slip states:

Page 18: dichotomy 4: for 15 read 17

Page 18: dichotomy 5: for 9 read 10

Page 19: dichotomy 26: for 27 read 28, for 28 read 27

Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens
Specimen PreparationFresh or carefully pressed specimens, carefully collected, during their first flowering period (ie until late May in lowland areas, rarely after end of June on mountain tops - this was before global warming)
Identification difficultyChallenging.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationSupersededTaraxacumdandelionsPlantae: Asterales: Asteraceae
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