Asteraceae

Lactuca L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 795 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Old World, N. America to Guatemala, Bahamas, Hispaniola.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Borneo, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Chile Central, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Gulf States, Hawaii, Honduras, Ireland, Jamaica, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritania, Mauritius, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Seychelles, South Australia, Tasmania, Trinidad-Tobago, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, Wake I., Western Australia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 3: 450.

Flora of Iraq

  • Feráková, V. (1975). The genus Lactuca L. in Europe. Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 52: 367–382.
  • Frances G. Davies (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae. Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). Kew Publishing
  • L. Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 348 (1754)
  • L. Sp. Pl.: 79 (1753)
  • Lack in Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 8: 188 [2006] (2007)
  • Tuisl, G. (1968). Der Verwandschaftskreis der Gattung Lactuca L. im iranischen Hochland und seinen Randgebieten. Ann. Natur. Mus. Wien 72: 587–638.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • C. Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 18: 436–457, figs. 2–8 (1966).
  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 348 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 795 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C. Jeffrey in K.B. 18: 436 (1966)
  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 184 (1994)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 348 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 795 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 27, 1885 Aitchison, J.E.T. [805] Afghanistan K002047187 Yes
Jul 30, 1885 Aitchison, J.E.T. [751] Afghanistan K002047188 Yes
Oct 9, 1884 Aitchison, J.E.T. [52] Afghanistan K001790567 Yes
Feb 17, 1812 Burchell [2073] South Africa K002048745 No
Dec 21, 1810 Burchell [269] South Africa K001790569 No
Hinds [s.n.] Canada K002048963 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17815] Tanzania K001930591 Yes
Razanatsima [523] Madagascar K001769385 Yes
Winterbottom, J.E. [1696] K002104577 Yes
[WD.] [s.n.] United States K002048971 Yes
{Lyall} [s.n.] K002048956 Yes
Houska, J. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002046948 No
Maitland, T.D. [1749] Cameroon K000027610 No
{Lyall} [s.n.] Canada K002048962 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002046961 No
Lowe, J.L. [1631] Nigeria K001730366 No
Nelson, A. [7975] United States K002048974 Yes
Warde-Aldam, G. [s.n.] K002046951 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002048953 Yes
von Türckheim, H. [3453] Dominican Republic K000222234 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [61-577] K002049047 No
Townsend [s.n.] K002048958 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002046416 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002046952 No
Britton, C.E. [3917] United Kingdom K002046412 No
Schuette, J.H. [s.n.] United States K002048973 Yes
{Frank} [s.n.] United States K002048949 Yes
Pin, I.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] K002046949 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002049049 No
Houska, J. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002046947 No
s.n. [520] Ethiopia K002048191 Yes
s.coll. [550] Iraq K002047057 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002046415 No
Sprague, T.A.; Hutchinson, J.; Jeffrey, C. [550] Spain K002047544 No
Chapple, F.G. [2233] United Kingdom K002046414 No
Hubbard, C.E. [13260] K002046960 No
Clapp [s.n.] United States K002048967 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002049059 No
{Frank} [s.n.] United States K002048970 Yes
{b. Frank.} [s.n.] United States K002048950 Yes
Schuette, J.H. [s.n.] United States K002048972 Yes
Forrest, G. [11231] China K000808102 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [1525] Ethiopia K:SPC-35780.000 No
Collenette, J.S. [1408] Saudi Arabia K000809328 No
Lowne, B.T. [1004] United Kingdom K002046410 No
Parish, C.S.P. [423] Burma K000808098 Syntype Yes
Gossweiler, J. [668] Angola K001307261 Yes
Ash [685] Ethiopia K:SPC-37990.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002049058 No
Welwitsch [4000] Angola K000251891 Type Yes
{Schwein.} [s.n.] K002048954 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [596] Canada K002048960 Yes
[W. B. Tarrde] [K1568] Norfolk Island K001730858 No
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002048966 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1749] Cameroon K000027611 No
{b. Frank} [s.n.] United States K002048969 Yes
[W.SS] [s.n.] K002048957 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002049048 No
Britton, C.E. [3917] United Kingdom K002046411 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002048959 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [258] K002046950 No
{K. lindquist} [K3756] K002049060 No
De Witte [1816] K000251866 Type Yes
Maitland, T.D. [1479] Cameroon K000027612 No
Tarrill, W.B. [K1568] Norfolk Island K002049063 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3267] Nepal K000217515 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hepper, F.N. [s.n.] K002046962 No
Macoun, M.A. [851] Canada K002048965 Yes
Lousley, J.E.; Ipse [[1280]] United Kingdom K002046413 No
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K002047504 No
Tarrill, W.B. [K1568] Norfolk Island K002049061 No
Lowne, B.T. [1653] K002046963 No
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002048968 Yes
Sullivant, W.S. [s.n.] United States K002048951 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [30035] Indian Subcontinent Mulgedium K000815122 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Evanguest] [2141] Iraq Cephalorrhynchus K002032361 No
Wheeler Haines, R. [W1902] Iraq Cephalorrhynchus K002032362 No
Stewart, R.R. [6922] India Cephalorrhynchus K002032436 No
Aitchison, J.E.T. [997] Afghanistan Cephalorrhynchus K002032437 No
Henry, A. [6678] China Pterocypsela K002031527 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3811] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031589 Yes
Bretschneider [457] China Pterocypsela K002031511 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3632] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031590 Yes
Schläfli, A. [53] Mauritius Pterocypsela K002031573 Yes
Forbes, F.B. [1872] Hong Kong Pterocypsela K002031512 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M.; Andrianantoanina, O.; Rapanarivo, S. [14324] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031571 Yes
Ayres [24] Mauritius Pterocypsela K002031572 Yes
Faurie, P. [3118] Japan Pterocypsela K002031497 Yes
Hugo Bohnhof, M. [234] China Pterocypsela K002031494 Yes
Forsyth-Major, C.I. [743] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031592 Yes
Baron, R. [1489] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031588 Yes
Faber, E. [s.n.] Hong Kong Pterocypsela K002031528 Yes
Canal, P. [11524] Japan Pterocypsela K002031496 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [176] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031576 Yes
Henry, A. [2132] China Pterocypsela K002031510 Yes
Balfour, I.B. [s.n.] Reunion Pterocypsela K002031577 Yes
Hodgkin, H.T.; Stansfield, C.E. [153] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031586 Yes
Decary, R. [6938] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031591 Yes
Takeda, H. [295] Japan Pterocypsela K002031495 Yes
Baron, R. [2538] Madagascar Pterocypsela K002031587 Yes
Henry, A. [4457] China Pterocypsela K002031509 Yes
Guo, C. [054308] China Pterocypsela K002031544 Yes
Bushell, S.W. [s.n.] China Pterocypsela K002031508 Yes
Henry, A. [1645] China Pterocypsela K002031507 Yes
Ayres, P.B. [s.n.] Mauritius Pterocypsela K002031575 Yes
Forrest, G. [7237] China Pterocypsela K002031526 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0