New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Sonchus

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Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 03/15/2013

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Nomenclature

Sonchus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 793. 1753.

List of Sonchus Species

Sonchus tenerrimus Sonchus arvensis Sonchus asper Sonchus oleraceus

References to Sonchus

  • Andersen, M. C. 1993. Diaspore morphology and seed dispersal in several wind-dispersed Asteraceae. Amer. J. Bot. 80: 487-492.
  • Bosy, J.; Aarssen, L. W. 1995. The effect of seed orientation on germination in a uniform environment: Differential success without genetic or environmental variation. J. Ecol. 83: 769-773.
  • Myers, J. A. et.al. 2004. Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America. Oecologia 139: 35-44.