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Five new species of North American Taraxacum (Asteraceae)

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Five new species of native North American Taraxacum are described: T. argilliticola, T. cordilleranum, T. lautellum, T. pugioniferum, and T. simplex, all of them from high elevation habitats or high latitudes in western Canada, mostly from British Columbia.

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I am very thankful to the staff of the herbaria UBC and V, particularly Linda Jennings and Erica Wheeler, for facilitating the research for this manuscript. Trevor Goward provided comments that improved the manuscript greatly. And I am grateful to Quentin Cronk for inciting the study of North American Taraxacum. The specimen loan from Bruce Bennett is much appreciated.

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Björk, C.R. Five new species of North American Taraxacum (Asteraceae). Brittonia 73, 116–126 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-020-09644-7

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