Lactuca L.
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 Repu, Central European Rus, 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, Ireland, 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 Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, 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 Russi, 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., Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Gulf States, Hawaii, Honduras, 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
- Bunioseris Jord. in Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 44 (1903)
- Cephalorrhynchus Boiss. in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 28 (1844)
- Cyanoseris (W.D.J.Koch) Schur in Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4(Anhang): 43 (1853)
- Lactucella Nazarova in Biol. Zhurn. Armenii 43: 181 (1990)
- Lactucopsis Sch.Bip. ex Vis. in Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 15: 5 (1870)
- Lagedium Soják in Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1961: 34 (1961)
- Mulgedium Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 33: 296 (1824)
- Mycelis Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 33: 483 (1824)
- Phaenixopus Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 39: 391 (1826), nom. superfl.
- Phoenicopus Spach in Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 6 (1841)
- Pterocypsela C.Shih in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26: 385 (1988)
- Scariola F.W.Schmidt in Samml. Phys. Aufsätze Böhm. Naturgesch. 1: 270 (1795)
- Wiestia Sch.Bip. in Jahrb. Pract. Pharm. Verwandte Fächer 4: 154 (1841)
Accepted Species
- Lactuca acanthifolia (Willd.) Boiss.
- Lactuca aculeata Boiss.
- Lactuca alaica Kovalevsk.
- Lactuca alpestris (Gand.) Rech.f.
- Lactuca amaurophyton (Podlech & Rech.f.) N.Kilian
- Lactuca ambacensis (Hiern) C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca anatolica Behçet & Yapar
- Lactuca attenuata Stebbins
- Lactuca azerbaijanica Rech.f.
- Lactuca bandyopadhyana Kottaim.
- Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald
- Lactuca birjandica Mozaff.
- Lactuca brachyrrhyncha Greenm.
- Lactuca calophylla C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca canadensis L.
- Lactuca chitralensis (Tuisl) Ghafoor, Qaiser & Roohi Bano
- Lactuca cichorioides (Hiern) C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca corymbosa Lawalrée
- Lactuca cubanguensis (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca czerepanovii (Kirp.) N.Kilian & Greuter
- Lactuca denaensis N.Kilian & Djavadi
- Lactuca × dichotoma Simonk.
- Lactuca dissecta D.Don
- Lactuca dolichophylla Kitam.
- Lactuca dregeana
- Lactuca dumicola S.Moore
- Lactuca erostrata Bano & Qaiser
- Lactuca fenzlii N.Kilian & Greuter
- Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.
- Lactuca formosana Maxim.
- Lactuca georgica Grossh.
- Lactuca gilanica Mozaff.
- Lactuca glandulifera Hook.f.
- Lactuca glareosa Schott & Kotschy
- Lactuca glauciifolia Boiss.
- Lactuca gorganica Rech.f. & Esfand.
- Lactuca gracilipetiolata Merr.
- Lactuca graminifolia Michx.
- Lactuca haimanniana Asch.
- Lactuca hazaranensis Djavadi & N.Kilian
- Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt.
- Lactuca hispida DC.
- Lactuca hispidula B.Fedtsch.
- Lactuca homblei De Wild.
- Lactuca imbricata Hiern
- Lactuca indica L.
- Lactuca inermis Forssk.
- Lactuca intricata Boiss.
- Lactuca kanitziana Martelli
- Lactuca kemaliya Yıld.
- Lactuca kirpicznikovii (Grossh.) N.Kilian & Greuter
- Lactuca klossii S.Moore
- Lactuca kochiana Beauverd
- Lactuca kossinskyi (Krasch.) Coșkunç., M.Güzel & N.Kilian
- Lactuca laevigata DC.
- Lactuca lasiorhiza (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca leucoclada Rech.f. & Tuisl
- Lactuca longespicata De Wild.
- Lactuca longidentata Moris ex DC.
- Lactuca ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell
- Lactuca malaissei Lawalrée
- Lactuca mansuensis Hayata
- Lactuca marunguensis Lawalrée
- Lactuca microsperma K.Schum.
- Lactuca morssii B.L.Rob.
- Lactuca muralis (L.) E.Mey.
- Lactuca mwinilungensis G.V.Pope
- Lactuca orientalis (Boiss.) Boiss.
- Lactuca oyukludaghensis (Parolly) N.Kilian & Parolly
- Lactuca pakistanica T.Akhtar & Chaudhri
- Lactuca palmensis Bolle
- Lactuca paradoxa Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.
- Lactuca perennis L.
- Lactuca petrensis Hiern
- Lactuca piestocarpa (Boiss.) Sennikov
- Lactuca polyclada Boiss.
- Lactuca praecox R.E.Fr.
- Lactuca praevia C.D.Adams
- Lactuca pulchella DC.
- Lactuca pumila Rech.f. & Tuisl
- Lactuca quercina L.
- Lactuca raddeana Maxim.
- Lactuca rapunculoides (DC.) C.B.Clarke
- Lactuca reviersii Litard. & Maire
- Lactuca rostrata (Blume) Kuntze
- Lactuca rosularis Boiss.
- Lactuca saligna L.
- Lactuca sativa L.
- Lactuca scarioloides Boiss.
- Lactuca schulzeana Büttner
- Lactuca schweinfurthii Oliv. & Hiern
- Lactuca serriola L.
- Lactuca setosa Stebbins ex C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim.
- Lactuca singularis Wilmott
- Lactuca songeensis C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca spinidens Nevski
- Lactuca stebbinsii N.Kilian
- Lactuca stipulata Stebbins
- Lactuca takhtadzhianii Sosn.
- Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey.
- Lactuca tenerrima Pourr.
- Lactuca tetrantha B.L.Burtt & P.H.Davis
- Lactuca tinctociliata I.M.Johnst.
- Lactuca triangulata Maxim.
- Lactuca tuberosa Jacq.
- Lactuca tysonii (E.Phillips) C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca ugandensis C.Jeffrey
- Lactuca undulata Ledeb.
- Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl
- Lactuca virosa L.
- Lactuca watsoniana Trel.
- Lactuca winkleri Kirp.
- Lactuca yemensis Deflers
- Lactuca zambeziaca C.Jeffrey
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 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:
Sources
-
Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- 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
-
Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0