A new species of Taraxacum (Compositae, Crepidinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India: Sexual reproduction detected in the group of Taraxacum sikkimense

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kumar, Vikas, Thakur, Kamini, Kirschner, Jan, Štěpánek, Jan (2025): A new species of Taraxacum (Compositae, Crepidinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India: Sexual reproduction detected in the group of Taraxacum sikkimense. Phytotaxa 720 (3): 263-272, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.720.3.6, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.720.3.6AbstractTaraxacum diluculorum Vik. Kumar, Kirschner & Štěpánek, a new species of T. sect. Emodensia is described from the alpine region of Arunachal Pradesh, Indian Himalayan Region. It is distinct in having white flowers, yellow stigmas, light reddish ochraceous achenes with a short cone and is characterized by sexual reproduction. It is related to T. sikkimense (T. sect. Emodensia), another white-flowered Himalayan species; the name T. sikkimense is second-step lectotypified. There is also a similarity of T. diluculorum with T. suavissimum and T. austrotibetanum of T. sect. Tibetana. However, it differs from these latter primarily in its uniform pollen size, sexuality, colour of stigma, and achene morphology. A detailed comparison and illustrations of T. diluculorum and similar species are provided.