Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae.^[1][2]

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Takhtajaniantha
Species:	T. tau-saghyz
Binomial name
Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz (Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse) Zaika, Sukhor. & N.Kilian[1]
Synonyms
List Ramaliella tau-saghyz (Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse) Yıld. Scorzonera tau-saghyz Lipsch. & G.G.Bosse Scorzonera karataviensis Kult. Scorzonera kirghisorum Afanasiev Scorzonera longipes Kult. Scorzonera longipes var. kyzyl-kulensis Kult. Scorzonera longipes var. tautaryensis Kult. Scorzonera mariae Kult. Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. karataviensis (Kult.) Kamelin Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. longipes (Kult.) Kamelin Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. mariae (Kult.) Kamelin & Tagaev Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. tautaryensis (Kult.) Kamelin Scorzonera tau-saghyz subsp. usbekistanica Tagaev Scorzonera uzbekistanica Czevr. & Bondarenko

It is endemic to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan^[3] and the Karatau Mountains of Kazakhstan^[4] in Central Asia.

Uses

Takhtajaniantha tau-saghyz is of interest as a source of latex suitable for making natural rubber,^[5][6] with latex (in old specimens on average 20%) contained in large roots and underground stems extending from them.^[4] The Soviet Union cultivated this species, together with Taraxacum hybernum and Taraxacum kok-saghyz, on a large scale between 1931 and 1950—notably during World War II—as an emergency source of rubber when supplies of rubber from Hevea brasiliensis in Southeast Asia were threatened.