Global InformationTaraxacum pankhurstianum information
| Taraxacum pankhurstianum | |
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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. pankhurstianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Taraxacum pankhurstianum A.J.Richards & Ferguson-Smyth (2012)
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Taraxacum pankhurstianum, also known as the St Kilda dandelion,[1] is a species of dandelion that was identified as new in 2012 after being cultivated at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from seeds collected two years previously on the island of Hirta, the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland.[2]
The species was named for Richard Pankhurst, a retired staff member at the garden who suggested that the seeds be collected.[1]
It was described in A. J. Richards & C. C. Ferguson-Smyth, New Journal of Botany 2(1): 16. 2012 [31 May 2012].[3]
- ^ a b Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh. "New Dandelion Found". Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ BBC News (28 June 2012). "New species of dandelion discovered on St Kilda island". BBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ Richards, A J; Ferguson-Smyth, C C (2012). "Taraxacum pankhurstianum(Asteraceae), a new dandelion endemic to St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland". New Journal of Botany. 2 (1): 16–19. Bibcode:2012NJBot...2...16R. doi:10.1179/2042349712Y.0000000006. ISSN 2042-3489.