''Mulgedium'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family. ''Mulgedium'' is closely related to ''

Lactuca ''Lactuca'', commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia. Its best-known representative is the garden lettuce ...

'' and considered part of that genus by some authors. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Well over 100 names have been coined within ''Mulgedium,'' most of which are now considered better suited to other genera ''( Chaetoseris Cicerbita

Crepis ''Crepis'', commonly known in some parts of the world as hawksbeard or hawk's-beard (but not to be confused with the related genus ''Hieracium'' with a similar common name), is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants of the family Aster ...

Nabalus Paraprenanthes Prenanthes Stenoseris).'' The following remain in ''Mulgedium.'' * '' Mulgedium cacaliaefolius'' DC. -

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The International Plant Names Index
/ref> * '' Mulgedium centrale'' Gand. -

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* '' Mulgedium lindheimeri'' Gand. -

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* '' Mulgedium polyanthum'' Gand. -

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* '' Mulgedium qinghaicum'' S.W.Liu & T.N.Ho -

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* '' Mulgedium roseum'' Popov & Vved. -

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