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:
A.F. Mark
Identification date:
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:
North Branch Route Burn Valley, Mount Aspiring National Park,
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-44.693958 168.210942
Verbatim locality:
N. Branch Routeburn Valley
Verbatim collector:
A.F. Mark & M.L. Burke
Standardised collector:
A. F. Mark; M. L. Burke
Verbatim date:
11.12.1967
Start date:
1967-12-11
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Otago Land District
Altitudes:
from 1067m
Habitat:
in thin grass cover of open river flat.
Notes:
Common
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Flora of Mount Aspiring National Park
Transferred from Mount Aspiring National Park Herbarium (MANP), Department of Conservation.
Date: 17 October 2011