Taraxacum genus in the area of south-eastern Poland

Abstract

In the paper the results of the research over the distribution of the species of the genus Taraxacum in the area of south-eastern Poland are presented. The following geographic mesoregions were examined: the Dubienka Depression, the Hillock of Chelm, the proglacial stream valley of the Wieprz River, the Urzedow Height, the Hrubieszow Valley, the Parczew Plain, Dzialy Grabowieckie (the highest part of the Lublin Upland). Moreover, a few sites that have not been published yet are also given in the article. They were found in the following mesoregions: the Siedlce Upland and the Wegrow Depression. 94 sites of 31 species of dandelions from the Hamata section (one species) and from the Ruderalia section (30 species) are presented altogether.