Hieracium L.
(hawkweeds)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Hieracium anglicum
English Hawkweed
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 		Microspecies 3 images
Hieracium maculatum
a hawkweed
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 		Microspecies 4 images
Hieracium neocoracinum
Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Hawkweed, Craig Gleisiad Hawkweed
Microspecies 1 ident. refs
Hieracium radyrense
Radyr Hawkweed
Microspecies 1 ident. refs
Hieracium sect. Hieracium
a group of hawkweeds
Inflorescence (Click to open)
 		Section (Bot.) 1 subtaxa 26 images
Hieracium umbellatum
Umbellate Hawkweed
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 		Microspecies 1 subtaxa 35 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHieracium (hawkweeds)
TribeLactuceae (“dandelions”)
SubfamilyLACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
FamilyASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
OrderASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Tennant, D. & Rich, T. 2008 British Alpine Hawkweeds 234pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

Hampshire

Rand, M. 2011 A Reduced Key for Hieracium (Hawkweeds) in Hampshire and Nearby Counties http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php

Hieracium (hawkweeds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hieracium (hawkweeds)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 59 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hieracium (hawkweeds)
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