Asteraceae
Lactuca
Lactuca inermis

Lactuca inermis var. inermis

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Etuge, M.; Thomas, D. [102] Cameroon Lactuca capensis K000662174 Yes
Phillipson, P.; Hutchings, A. [94] South Africa Lactuca capensis K002048728 No
Schimper [128] Lactuca capensis K000251868 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [128] Lactuca capensis K000251869 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [128] Lactuca capensis K000251870 Unknown Type Material Yes
Esterhuysen, E.E. [4057] South Africa Lactuca capensis K002048724 No
Wood, J.M. [1007] South Africa Lactuca capensis K002048725 No
Trapnell, C.G. [566] South Africa Lactuca capensis K002048723 No
Van Vuuren, D.R.J. [1440] South Africa Lactuca capensis K002048722 No
Mogg, A.O.D. [34777] South Africa Lactuca capensis K002048720 No
Baur, R. [256] South Africa Lactuca capensis K002048726 No
Williamson, C. [11] Lesotho Lactuca capensis K002048721 No
Russell, E. [7965] Lactuca capensis K002048727 No

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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