Discovering Two New Plants of Taraxacum Genus in Spain

1. Plants in the news. Group members: Maddie, Alec, Annie, and Christian

2. Taraxacum genus One of the two new plants found in Spain off of the Iberian Peninsula.

3. Taraxacum genus The other plant found on the Iberian Peninsula in Spain

4. Taraxacum Decastroi • This plant has long leaves and very little pollen because they produce with seeds without fertilization. • Grows in the Birch woods of the Montes de Leon mountains. • This plant lives in a moist environment and faces certain threats • This plant is part of the Taraxacum genus species.

5. The Taraxacum Iacianese also has long leaves and little pollen because they also produce seeds without fertilization. • This plant lives in environments that are vulnerable and very likely to dry out which threatens the plant. • Also lives in The birch mountains and are very threatened by open cast coal mining. • This plant also is part of the taraxacum genus species. Taraxacum Iacianese

6. Iberian peninsula map and pictures

7. Difference between Taracum Decastroi and a regular Taraxacum Dandelion Taraxacum decastroi • Has a lot of leaves and is crowded with leaves. • The flower looks different. Taraxacum Dandelion • A lot darker than the decastroi. • Is not surrounded by leaves and has more dandelions than the decastroi.

8. The difference between the Taraxacum Iacianense and a regular Taraxacum dandelion. Taraxacum Iacianense • A lot brighter than the regular dandelion. • Has a lot longer leaves. • Not as many dandelions. Taraxacum dandelion • Is a lot darker than the Iacianense. • Does not have long leaves or piled with leaves.

9. Facts about the Spain • It’s now hard for scientists to find new plants in Spain and the peninsula. • Finding these two new plants confirms Spain’s position of hotbed of biodiversity. • Finding new plants depends on what type you are studying to find more in Spain. • According to scientists it was easy to figure out how to identify the two new plants.

10. More facts about the two new plants in Spain. • Both plants have fairly characteristic fruits with little ornamentation. • The decastroi takes it’s name from Castro y Perez de Castro. • The Iacinense was first spotted by Jose Alfredo Vicente Orellana. • These plants join fifty other plants of the taraxacum genus. • These two new plants represent two new additions to floral diversity. • Both plants are almost exactly the same except for few differences.

11. Two new plants found the taraxacum decastroi and taraxacum iacinense. • Both have long leaves and very little pollen because they produce seeds without fertilization. • Grows in the Birch woods and live in moist environments that have certain threats. • There are differences between the two new plants and the others in that species. • The plants are almost exactly the same but have very few differences. They have a lot of the same characteristics. Review