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Lactuca virosa L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl.: 795. 1753  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000114404.

Synonyms of Lactuca virosa L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lactuca romana Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 315. 1764 wfo-0000019411
Lactuca lactucarii (Lamotte) Lamotte in Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. 7: 271. 1880 wfo-0000025437
Lactuca ambigua Schrad. in Cat. Hort. Gotting. 1834: 4. 1834 wfo-0000031147
Lactuca livida Boiss. & Reut. in Boissier, Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 742. 1845 wfo-0000043990
Lactuca virosa subsp. livida (Boiss. & Reut.) Ladero & A.Velasco in Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 38: 316. 1981 wfo-0000049279
Lactuca virosa var. virosa wfo-0000050365
Lactuca schimperi Jord. in Mém. Acad. Natl. Sci. Lyon, Cl. Sci. 1: 330. 1851 wfo-0000059949
Lactuca sinuata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 215. 1775 wfo-0000083267
Wiestia virosa (L.) Sch.Bip. in Jahrb. Pract. Pharm. Verwandte Fächer 4: 154. 1841 wfo-0000085731
Lactuca patersonii Menezes Fl. Madeira: 103. 1914 wfo-0000127931
Lactuca serratifolia Sennen in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 655. 1926 wfo-0000131793
Lactuca flavida Jord. Cat. Graines Jard. Bot. Ville Dijon 1848: 26. 1848 wfo-0000136040
Lactuca virosa f. lactucarii Lamotte in Mém. Acad. Sci. Clermont-Ferrand 21: 147. 1879 wfo-0001322403
Lactuca scariola unranked virosa (L.) Rouy Fl. France 9: 199. 1905 wfo-1200069047
Lactuca scariola var. altissima Lecoq & Lamotte Cat. Pl. Plateau Central: 250. 1848 wfo-1200069048
Lactuca scariola var. flavida (Jord.) Gren. & Godr. Fl. France 2: 320. 1850 wfo-1200069050
Lactuca scariola var. lactucarii (Lamotte) Rouy Fl. France 9: 199. 1905 wfo-1200069052

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link