Classification dandelion

Classification
The genus is taxonomically complex, with some botanists dividing the group into about 34 macrospecies, and about 2000 microspecies;[19] about 235 apomictic and polyploid microspecies have been recorded in Great Britain and Ireland.[20] Some botanists take a much narrower view and only accept a total of about 60 species.[19]

Dandelion in Iran
Dandelion in Iran
Selected species
Taraxacum albidum, the white-flowered Japanese dandelion, a hybrid between T. coreanum and T. japonicum
Taraxacum aphrogenes, the Paphos dandelion

Taraxacum brevicorniculatum, frequently misidentified as T. kok-saghyz and a poor rubber producer[21]
Taraxacum californicum, the California dandelion, an endangered species
Taraxacum centrasiaticum, the Xinjiang dandelion
Taraxacum ceratophorum, the horned dandelion, considered by some sources to be a North American subspecies of T. officinale (T. officinale subsp. ceratophorum)[22]
Taraxacum coreanum

Taraxacum erythrospermum, the red-seeded dandelion, often considered a variety of T. laevigatum (i.e., T. laevigatum var. erythrospermum)[23]
Taraxacum farinosum, the Turkish dandelion
Taraxacum holmboei, the Troödos dandelion
Taraxacum japonicum, the Japanese dandelion, no ring of smallish, downward-turned leaves under the flower head
Taraxacum kok-saghyz, the Kazakh dandelion, which produces rubber[24][21]
Taraxacum laevigatum, the rock dandelion, achenes reddish brown and leaves deeply cut throughout the length, inner bracts’ tips are hooded
Taraxacum mirabile

Taraxacum officinale (syn. T. officinale subsp. vulgare), the common dandelion, found in many forms
Taraxacum pankhurstianum, the St. Kilda dandelion
Taraxacum platycarpum, the Korean dandelion