Taraxacum zealandicum (misapplication T. magellanicum) is likely the best treatment for the native/endemic dandelion species for now, pending further work and closer comparison with related Australian spp.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Taraxacum magellanicum Comm. ex Sch.Bip.
Determiner:
I Payton
Identification date:
1976 (Verbatim: 1976)
Preferred name:
Taraxacum magellanicum Comm. ex Sch.Bip.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Fiordland, Murchison Mountains, Mystery Burn, hanging valley, south of Black Cone
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-45.3095 167.622
Verbatim locality:
Mystery Burn, Murchison Mountains, Fiordland, hanging valley, south of Black Cone
Verbatim collector:
I Payton
Standardised collector:
I. Payton
Verbatim date:
14/2/[19]76
Start date:
1976-02-14
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Southland Land District
Altitudes:
from 1165m
Habitat:
in Hebe/Olearia shrubland
Notes:
Common herbaceous species
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Forest and Range Experiment Station Herbarium, N.Z.F.S – Rangiora – N.Z.