Nurten Özsoy

1. Introduction Plants of the genus Taraxacum are part of the subfamily Cichorioideae and the tribe Lactuceae under the family Asteraceae, predominantly located in the temperate zones of the northern hemisphere [1,2,3]. In 1920, Stork analyzed this genus and identified approximately 2500 species within it. Since then, numerous new Taraxacum species have been identified, resulting in the establishment of over 60 sections, with a total of around 2800 species [3].

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