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==Etymology== |
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It is named in honour of the Norwegian botanist [[Jens Holmboe (botanist)|Jens Holmboe]] (1880 – 1943).<ref name = "Discover Cyprus, 2022">''Taraxacum holmboei''. (2022, September 26). Discover Cyprus. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://cyprustravels.org/asterales/taraxacum-holmboei/</ref> |
It is named in honour of the Norwegian botanist [[Jens Holmboe (botanist)|Jens Holmboe]] (1880 – 1943).<ref name = "Discover Cyprus, 2022">''Taraxacum holmboei''. (2022, September 26). Discover Cyprus. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://cyprustravels.org/asterales/taraxacum-holmboei/</ref> |
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==Cytology== |
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The diploid chromosome count is 2n = 12.<ref name = "Flora of Cyprus">''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</ref> |
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==Conservation== |
==Conservation== |
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It is categorized as vulnerable (VU) by The Red Data Book of the flora of Cyprus.<ref name = "Hand, 2013">Hand, Ralf. (2013). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ralf_Hand2/publication/259676174_The_effectiveness_of_seed-banked_material_in_ex_situ_cultivation_An_example_from_Cyprus/links/0046352d53ab9ee347000000/The-effectiveness-of-seed-banked-material-in-ex-situ-cultivation-An-example-from-Cyprus.pdf "The effectiveness of seed-banked material in ex situ cultivation: An example from Cyprus."] Flora Mediterranea. 23. 93-103. 10.7320/FlMedit23.093.</ref> |
It is categorized as vulnerable (VU) by The Red Data Book of the flora of Cyprus.<ref name = "Hand, 2013">Hand, Ralf. (2013). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ralf_Hand2/publication/259676174_The_effectiveness_of_seed-banked_material_in_ex_situ_cultivation_An_example_from_Cyprus/links/0046352d53ab9ee347000000/The-effectiveness-of-seed-banked-material-in-ex-situ-cultivation-An-example-from-Cyprus.pdf "The effectiveness of seed-banked material in ex situ cultivation: An example from Cyprus."] Flora Mediterranea. 23. 93-103. 10.7320/FlMedit23.093.</ref><ref name = "Flora of Cyprus" /> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Taraxacum |
| Species: | T. holmboei
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| 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
[edit]Open pine forests, roadsides, dry hillsides with open vegetation on igneous rocks at 1100–1950 m altitude.
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]It is named in honour of the Norwegian botanist Jens Holmboe (1880 – 1943).[3]
Cytology
[edit]The diploid chromosome count is 2n = 12.[4]
Conservation
[edit]It is categorized as vulnerable (VU) by The Red Data Book of the flora of Cyprus.[5][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Taraxacum holmboei H.Lindb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ 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
- ^ Taraxacum holmboei. (2022, September 26). Discover Cyprus. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://cyprustravels.org/asterales/taraxacum-holmboei/
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
