Sonchus arvensis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 793 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Magadan, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alaska, Alberta, Assam, British Columbia, California, Chatham Is., Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Fiji, Guatemala, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mao, A.A., Odyuo, N., Verma, D. & Singh, P. (2017). Checklist of Flora of Nagaland: 1-196. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 1824 s.coll. [s.n.] K001790605 No
Jan 1, 1819 s.coll. [s.n.] K002101648 Yes
Gould, B.J. [883] K002102943 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [1326] K002101301 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [551] K002102953 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101294 Yes
Collett, H. [594] India K002102973 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [29132] K002102920 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [4474 A] K002102965 Yes
Ruhsam, M. [DMR112] United Kingdom K001767964 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] K002102952 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; [Narid [s.n.] K002102933 Yes
{G. B. Milne - Redhead; Milne- Redhead, J.} [163] United Kingdom K002101293 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [22610] K002102937 Yes
Thomson, T. [661] K002102941 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] K002102956 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [19746] K002102964 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20304] K002101299 Yes
Lange [s.n.] Denmark K000808054 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [6000] K002102960 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] K002102972 Yes
Deane, H. [88] K002102926 Yes
Ker, M.D. [39] K002101285 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101282 Yes
Bedi, R. [666] K002102945 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] K002102951 Yes
Walton, H.J. [119] K002102967 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [23058] K002102932 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101296 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [7109] K002102921 Yes
Kennedy, R.S. [9] China K002102966 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [25583] K002102962 Yes
Stocks [1142] K002102968 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [25579] K002102930 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [212] K002102971 Yes
Bruce, E.A. [68] United Kingdom K002101288 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002102949 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 443] United Kingdom K000914418 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] K002102958 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K002102946 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] K002102935 Yes
Bruins-Lich, H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101298 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101290 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101284 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [212] K002102970 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [1413] K002102950 Yes
s.coll. [234] Pakistan K002102927 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] K002102957 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101295 Yes
Jafri; Ali [3220] K002102918 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [755] United Kingdom K002101286 Yes
Kanjilal, U.N. [797] K002102938 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101287 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [23144] K002102929 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [26875] K002102934 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [25581] K002102961 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 443] United Kingdom K000914417 Yes
Gould, B.J. [891] K002102944 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] K002102959 No
Collett, H. [563] India K002102931 Yes
Royle [s.n.] K002102939 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] K002102936 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [202] K002102922 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] K002102955 Yes
Lousley, J.E.; ipse [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101292 Yes
Howe, T.R. [H. 1849] United Kingdom K002101302 Yes
Roxburgh [s.n.] K002102923 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] K002101291 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [25585] K002102963 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101297 Yes
Mulchand [14516] K002102919 Yes
Bruins-Lich, H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002101289 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [445] India K002102924 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [1] K002102940 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [2550 A] K002102954 Yes
Oldham, R. [283] Taiwan K002102894 Yes
Werger, W.J.L. [446] K002102948 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [1326] United Kingdom K002101300 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [42] K002102925 Yes
Scheutz, N.J. [s.n.] K000808053 Unknown Type Material Yes
Deane, H. [s.n.] K002102928 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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