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December 2021

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genus

Lactuca L.

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000020393.

Synonyms of Lactuca

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Prenanthes hispida Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 501 (1771) wfo-0000117907
Pterocypsela C.Shih Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26(5): 385 (1988) wfo-4000031961

Species in Lactuca ( showing species 1 to 10 of 181)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lactuca abietina (Boiss. & Balansa) Bornm. in Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 20: 29. 1904–1905 wfo-0000048322
Lactuca acanthifolia Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 525. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873] wfo-0000127617
Lactuca acanthifolia (Willd.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 818. 1875 wfo-0000001279
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Scariola acanthifolia (Willd.) Soják Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1962: 46 (1962) (1962) wfo-0000003385
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Chondrilla acanthifolia Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 2: 330 (1811) wfo-0000026405
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Prenanthes acanthifolia Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 1542 (1803) wfo-0000034588
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Phaenopus acanthifolius (Willd.) DC. A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 7. 1838 176 1838 wfo-0000049840
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Lactuca eburnea Rech.f. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 47: 148 (1936) wfo-0000084085
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Scariola amorgina (Heldr. & Orphan.) Soják Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1962: 46 (1962) (1962) wfo-0000117609
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Scariola eburnea (Rech.f.) Soják Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1962: 46 (1962) (1962) wfo-0000118298
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Phaenixopus acanthifolius Cass. Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 48: 426 (1827) wfo-0000123899
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Lactuca amorgina Heldr. & Orph. ex Halácsy Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 49: 188 (1899) wfo-0000124631
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Lactuca acanthifolia f. amorgina (Heldr. & Orph.) V.Ferakova Gen. Lactuca Eur. 48. 1977 wfo-0001322873
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Lactuca acanthifolia f. eburnea (Rech.f.) V.Ferakova Gen. Lactuca Eur. 49. 1977 wfo-0001322874
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Lactuca acanthifolia f. integrifolia V.Ferakova Gen. Lactuca Eur. 49. 1977 wfo-0001322875
Lactuca acaulis (Roxb.) Babe. wfo-0000055968
Lactuca aculeata Boiss. & Kotschy in Boissier, Fl. Orient. 3: 809. 1875 wfo-0000020727
Lactuca alabamensis Bertol. in Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bononiensis 7: 200. 1844 wfo-0000123628
Lactuca alaica Kovalevsk. in Kamelin, Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 10: 131. 1993 wfo-0000078944
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Lactuca taraxacifolia Khalkuziev Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 19: 59 (1974) wfo-0000084149
Lactuca alatipes Collett & Hemsl. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 28: 79. 1890 wfo-0000090826
Lactuca alpestris (Gand.) Rech.f. in Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 80(12): 62. 1943 wfo-0000039978
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Phoenixopus alpestris Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 62: 155 (1916) wfo-0000010812
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Scariola alpestris (Gand.) Greuter, Matthäs & Risse Willdenowia 14(2): 274 (1985) wfo-0000014714
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Lactuca viminea var. decumbens Halácsy Halácsy in Magyar Bot. Lapok 11. 1912. 167 1912 wfo-0000065929
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Scariola alpestris (Gand.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 12(3): 308 (1977) wfo-0000067652
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Lactuca viminea subsp. alpestris (Gand.) V.Ferakova Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71(4): 268 (1976) wfo-0000070744
Lactuca alpina Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 525. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873] wfo-0000112740

Unplaced Names ( showing unplaced names 1 to 0 of 0)

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Lactuca:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lactuca albiflora Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg xix. (1874) 531. wfo-0000085918
Lactuca canadensis f. angustipes Wiegand Rhodora 22: 10. 1920 wfo-0001403045
Lactuca canadensis f. angustipes Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 108. 1924 wfo-0001403046
Lactuca chinensis Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 89 (1903) wfo-0000074485
Lactuca chinensis Tanaka Bult. Sci. Fak. Terk. Kjusu Imp. Univ. i. 205, 209 (1925) wfo-0000042612
Lactuca coerulea Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. : 855 wfo-0000003709
Lactuca decorticata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 216 (1775) wfo-0000060003
Lactuca deggeleriana Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz : 759 (1840) wfo-0000067031
Lactuca denticulatoplatyphylla Makino J. Jap. Bot. i. 11 (1917). wfo-0000106934
Lactuca floridana var. floridana (L.) Gaertn. wfo-0000098200