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BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Richards, A.J., 1972
The Taraxacum Flora of the BritIsh Isles
Recognises 132 microspecies of Dandelion in five sections. Key to Sections, then Sectional Keys, followed by all the descriptions, giving about half a page to each species, and including the figure number of the drawing.
| Publisher |
Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI) |
| Volume |
9 |
| Pages |
141 |
| Comments and Corrigenda |
Erratum slip states:
Page 18: dichotomy 4: for 15 read 17
Page 18: dichotomy 5: for 9 read 10
Page 19: dichotomy 26: for 27 read 28, for 28 read 27
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| Coverage |
All the British microspecies known at the time. |
| Illustrations |
Line drawings of plants (in apparently random order), four to a page, at the back. |
| Identify |
With x8 or x10 hand lens. |
| Specimen Prep. |
Fresh or carefully pressed specimens, carefully collected, during their first flowering period (ie until late May in lowland areas, rarely after end of June on mountain tops - this was before global warming). |
| Difficulty |
Challenging. |
Malcolm Storey
Taxonomic Scope
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