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THE RED-LEAVED FAROESE DANDELION, TARAXACUM RUBIFOLIUM RASMUSSEN
Taraxacum rubifolium Rasmussen in Botanical Garden, Debesartrøð, Tórshavn 1992, originating from the type
location.
(fruits) of it to O. Hagerup, Bot. Museum,
Copenhagen, to have it cultivated and pos-
sibly identified there. Hagerup 1938 in a
letter asked the Danish taraxacologist M.P.
Christiansen to cultivate Rasmussen’s
achenes and describe the cultivated plants.
In labelling the cultivated voucher speci-
mens (in herb. C) T. vinosum M.P.Chr. 1940
Christiansen must have stated the species
as unknown. A desription of T. vinosum has
never been published. It is uncertain
whether Rasmussen was informed by
Hagerup or Christiansen that his species
ought to be described. However, Rasmus-
sen described it as T. rubifolium Rasmussen
(in Føroya Flora, 2nd ed., 1952:182),
adding no other localities to the above men-
tioned area SW of Tórshavn. The following
voucher specimens, all collected in the
same area by Rasmussen, and seen by me,
are present in herb. FAER :
Aalekær (Álaker), Rossatrøðin 6.7.1930, labelled ‘T.
naevosum ???’
Haraldstrøð 21.6.1949, determined as T. rubifolium by
Rasmussen (the upper left specimen is LECTO-
TYPE, selected here).
Haraldstrøð, Aalaker (Álaker) Hav 23.6.1953, det. T.
rubifolium by Rasmussen.