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December 2022

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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.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 795. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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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

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Lactuca acanthifolia	Benth. & Hook.f.	Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 525. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873]		wfo-0000127617
Lactuca alabamensis	Bertol.	Nov. Comm. Acad. Bonon. vii. 200. 1844		wfo-0000123628
Lactuca alatipes	Collett & Hemsl.	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxviii. (1890). 79.		wfo-0000090826
Lactuca albiflora	Maxim.	Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg xix. (1874) 531.		wfo-0000085918
Lactuca alpina	Benth. & Hook.f.	Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 525. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873]		wfo-0000112740
Lactuca amagawaensis	Makino	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 6: 56 (1892)		wfo-0000043260
Lactuca amaurophyton	(Podlech & Rech.f.) N.Kilian	Pl. Syst. Evol. 307(1, 7): 12. 2021		wfo-1000027554
Lactuca ambigua	Hort. ex G.Don	Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 3. 410. 1839		wfo-0000064286
Lactuca amurensis	Herder	Fl. Radd. 3(4): 29.		wfo-0000129769
Lactuca anatolica	Behçet & Yapar	Phytotaxa 455(4): 288. 2020		wfo-1000023361
Lactuca angulata	Raf.	New Fl. iv. 83 (Quid ?).		wfo-0000136245
Lactuca axillaris	Raf.	New Fl. iv. 83 (Quid ?).		wfo-0000118418
Lactuca balmesi	Sennen	Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 28(5-8): 116 (1930)		wfo-0000125722
Lactuca bandyopadhyana	Kottaim.	Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(10): 37. 2019		wfo-1000032949
Lactuca bauhini	Loret	Loret & Barrandon, Fl. Montpellier, ed. 2 620. 1886		wfo-0000111751
Lactuca biennis f. aurea	(Jenn.) Fernald	Rhodora 42: 302 (1940)		wfo-0001320408
Lactuca brevirostris	Fenzl	in Kotschy, Reise Cilic. Taur. 384. 1858		wfo-0000001693
Lactuca callosa	(Klatt) C.C.Chang	Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sc. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 9: 127. 1934		wfo-0000034576
Lactuca canadensis	(L.) Farw.	Asa Gray Bull. 3: 22. 1895		wfo-0000071052
Lactuca canadensis f. albocaerulea	Farw.	Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 45 (1923)		wfo-0001321593
Lactuca canadensis f. angustata	Wiegand	Rhodora 22: 11 (1920)		wfo-0001321589
Lactuca canadensis f. angustipes	Farw.	Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 108. 1924		wfo-0001403046
Lactuca canadensis f. angustipes	Wiegand	Rhodora 22: 10. 1920		wfo-0001403045
Lactuca canadensis f. exauriculata	Wiegand	Rhodora 22: 11 (1920)		wfo-0001321590
Lactuca canadensis f. pallida	Farw.	Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 109 (1924)		wfo-0001321591
Lactuca canadensis f. steelei	(Britton) Fernald	Rhodora 40: 481 (1938)		wfo-0001321586
Lactuca canadensis f. stenopoda	Wiegand	Rhodora 22: 11 (1920)		wfo-0001321587
Lactuca canadensis f. villicaulis	Fernald	Rhodora 41: 574 (1939)		wfo-0001321592
Lactuca canadensis var. angustifolia	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 349 (1891)		wfo-0001372768
Lactuca canadensis var. elongata	Farw.	Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 46 (1923)		wfo-0001372769
Lactuca canadensis var. laciniata	Farw.	Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 45 (1923)		wfo-0001372771
Lactuca canadensis var. montana	Britton	Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 3: 274 (1898)		wfo-0001372772
Lactuca canadensis var. typica	Wiegand	Rhodora 22: 10 (1920)		wfo-0001372773
Lactuca canescens	Regel & Schmalh.	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada vi. (1879) 324.		wfo-0000124253
Lactuca cernua	Jacquem. ex Decne.	Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 100 (Apr 1835- Dec 1844)		wfo-0000036123
Lactuca chaffanjonii	Danguy	Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 1914, xx. 39		wfo-0000005454
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 deltoidea var. gorganica	(Rech.f. & Esfand.) Parsa	Fl. Iran 10: 198 (1980)		wfo-0001390101
Lactuca denticulatoplatyphylla	Makino	J. Jap. Bot. i. 11 (1917).		wfo-0000106934
Lactuca elongata	Muhl.	–		wfo-0000096486
Lactuca elongata var. albiflora	Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. 2: 497 (1843)		wfo-0001372774
Lactuca elongata var. integrifolia	(Bigelow) Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. 2: 496 (1843)		wfo-0001372776
Lactuca elongata var. longifolia	(Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. 2: 496 (1843)		wfo-0001372777
Lactuca elongata var. sanguinea	(Bigelow) Torr. & A.Gray	Fl. N. Amer. 2: 496 (1843)		wfo-0001372778
Lactuca favratii	(Wilczek) B.Bock	Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 42: 265 (2012)		wfo-0001332715
Lactuca fistulosa	Raf.	Fl. Ludov. : 58 (1817)		wfo-0000029534
Lactuca floridana f. leucantha	Fernald	Rhodora 42: 498 (1940)		wfo-0001320409
Lactuca floridana var. floridana	(L.) Gaertn.	–	—	wfo-0000098200
Lactuca floridana var. floridana	Cronquist	Rhodora 50: 31 (1948)		wfo-0000098392
Lactuca forsteniana	Boerl.	Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2(1): 245, nomen. (1891)		wfo-0000044887
Lactuca gorganica	Rech.f. & Esfand.	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 97: 267 (1950)		wfo-0000063014
Lactuca grenieri	(Rouy) A.W.Hill & E.Salisb.	A. W. Hill & E. Salisb., Index Kew, Suppl. 10. 1947 126 1947	—	wfo-0000050274
Lactuca grenieri	Loret	Loret & Barrandon, Fl. Montpellier, ed. 2 620. 1886		wfo-0000012006
Lactuca henryi	Dunn	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 512 (1903)		wfo-0000063517
Lactuca herbanica	Burchard	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 373 (1926)		wfo-0000121841
Lactuca hirsuta f. calvifolia	Fernald	Rhodora 22: 156 (1920)		wfo-0001320410
Lactuca hirsuta f. indivisa	Fernald	Rhodora 43: 657 (1941)		wfo-0001321588
Lactuca hirsuta var. genuina	Fernald	Rhodora 40: 481 (1938)		wfo-0001372779
Lactuca hoatiensis	H.Lév.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 449 (1910)		wfo-0000057258
Lactuca holophylla	Baker	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 148 (1895)		wfo-0000133947
Lactuca humilis	Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.	Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 463 (1848)		wfo-0000077429
Lactuca impura	Maire	Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. xxxi. 108 (1941).		wfo-0000137409
Lactuca integrifolia	B.L.Rob. & Fernald	Manual (Gray), ed. 7. 866. 1908		wfo-0000128683
Lactuca japonica	Regel	Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) (1866) 91.		wfo-0000129518
Lactuca khorasanica	Rech.f. & Aellen	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 97: 265 (1950)		wfo-0000119881
Lactuca kimurana	Kitam.	cf. Bot. Mag., Tokyo 48; 6. 1934 , in syn., (japonice)		wfo-0000003554
Lactuca koelzii	Rech.f.	Biol. Skr. 8(2): 208 (1955)		wfo-0000091738
Lactuca kossinskyi	(Krasch.) Coșkunç., M.Güzel & N.Kilian	Pl. Syst. Evol. 307(1, 7): 12. 2021		wfo-1200008436
Lactuca lactucarii	(Lamotte) Lamotte	Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. 7: 271. (1880)		wfo-0000025437
Lactuca laevigata	Boiss.	Fl. Orient. [Boissier] Suppl. 322. 1888 [Oct 1888]		wfo-0000119387
Lactuca laevigata	C.B.Clarke	Compos. Ind. 269. 1876		wfo-0000007059
Lactuca laevigata var. exciso-dentata	J.Kost.	Blumea 23(1): 174 (1976)		wfo-0000107432
Lactuca laevigata var. lamii	(Mattfield) J.Kost.	Blumea 23(1): 174 (1976)		wfo-0001386761
Lactuca laevigata var. pusilla	(Mattfield) J.Kost.	Blumea 23(1): 172 (1976)		wfo-0001386762
Lactuca lamii	Mattf.	Nova Guinea 14: 530 (1932)		wfo-0000026156
Lactuca lanceolata var. batakanensis	Kitam.	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 45 (1933)		wfo-0000111331
Lactuca longidentata	Moris	Pl. Sard. Elench. 2.		wfo-0000128949
Lactuca ludoviciana f. campestris	(Greene) Fernald	Rhodora 40: 481 (1938)		wfo-0001320411
Lactuca maculata	Hornem.	Hort. Bot. Hafn. : 755 (1815)		wfo-0000014367
Lactuca maritima	Raf.	New Fl. iv. 83.		wfo-0000124324
Lactuca microcephala	(Nakai) Makino & Nemoto	Fl. Japan., ed. 2 (Makino & Nemoto) 1244. 1931		wfo-0000138797
Lactuca mulsanti	Sennen & Elias	Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 28(5-8): 115 (1930)		wfo-0000003118
Lactuca multifida	Rydb.	Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 484 (1900)		wfo-0000025112
Lactuca nuristanica	Kitam.	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 17: 36 (1957)		wfo-0000081668
Lactuca oleracea	M.Gómez	Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 268 (1890)		wfo-0000081205
Lactuca oligocephala	Bornm	Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins 6: 55. 1894		wfo-0000029685
Lactuca ovatifolia	Raf.	New Fl. iv. 83.		wfo-0000084335
Lactuca pilosa	Raf.	New Fl. iv. 83 (Quid ?).		wfo-0000132178
Lactuca polycephala	(Cass. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke	Compos. Ind. 272. 1876		wfo-0000042971
Lactuca polyphylla	Rydb.	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 38: 23 (1911)		wfo-0000131125
Lactuca prenanthoides	(M.Bieb.) Schmalh.	167 1897	—	wfo-0000080224
Lactuca procumbens	Roxb.	Hort. Bengal. 60, nomen.		wfo-0000114740
Lactuca pygmaea	Bhellum	Curr. Life Sci. 1(1): 2. 2015 [Apr-Jun 2015]		wfo-1200009897
Lactuca pyrenaica	Bellardi ex Pasch.	in Colla, Herb. Pedem. 3: 542. 1834		wfo-0000016668
Lactuca querna	Pall.	Reise Südl. Statthaltersch. Russ. Reich. 1: 221. 1799 , (an L. quercina L.?)		wfo-0000011906
Lactuca rapunculoides	C.B.Clarke	Compos. Ind. : 268 (1876)		wfo-0000015411
Lactuca rostrata	Benth. & Hook.f.	Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 525. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873]		wfo-0000001964
Lactuca sagittata	Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke	Compos. Ind. 265. 1876		wfo-0000040729
Lactuca sagittata	Schur	Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 36: 213. 1898		wfo-0000007178
Lactuca sarmentosa	Wight	Contr. Bot. India : 27 (1834)		wfo-0000001524
Lactuca sassandrensis	A.Chev.	Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 378. 1920 , nomen		wfo-0000119585
Lactuca sativa subsp. serriola	(L.) Frietema	Cult. pl. & wild fl. 148. 1996		wfo-0001361829
Lactuca sativa var. angustana	Irish	Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 2: 867. 1900 [18 Jul 1900]		wfo-1200009671
Lactuca sativa var. yemensis	X.S.Shen & Run L.Lu	Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 18(1): 32 (1998)		wfo-0001370264
Lactuca scandens	C.C.Chang	Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sc. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 9: 133. 1934		wfo-0000055296
Lactuca scariosa var. nieuwlandii	Lunell	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 171, 176 (1912)		wfo-0001379414
Lactuca sect. Lactuca	–	–	—	wfo-1000041367
Lactuca seticuspis	Boiss.	Fl. Orient. 3: 816 (1875)		wfo-0000037005
Lactuca sonchifolia	DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 7(1): 134. 1838 [late Apr 1838]		wfo-0000060030
Lactuca sonchifolia	Pančić	in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. vi. (1856) 559.		wfo-0000134449
Lactuca spicata	Hitchc.	Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 5: 506. 1892		wfo-0000135221
Lactuca spicata var. aurea	Jenn.	Ann. Carnegie Mus. 13: 440, tab. 33 (1922)		wfo-0001372780
Lactuca spicata var. integrifolia	(Torr. & A.Gray) Britton	Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 350 (1894)		wfo-0000106916
Lactuca spicata var. multifida	A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.	Bot. Gaz. 62: 152 (1916)		wfo-0001372781
Lactuca stanekii	Domin	Preslia xiii-xv. 251 (1935)		wfo-0000045994
Lactuca stanekii	Domin	Preslia xiii-xv. 251 (1935)		wfo-0000050333
Lactuca taiwaniana	(Nakai) Makino & Nemoto	Fl. Japan., ed. 2 (Makino & Nemoto) 1246. 1931		wfo-0000041784
Lactuca taraxacifolia	Schumach. & Thonn.	Beskr. Guin. Pl. 380. 1827		wfo-0000081798
Lactuca terrae-novae	Fernald	Rhodora 28: 240 (1927)		wfo-0000002359
Lactuca thunbergiana	Forbes & Hemsl.	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 484. 1886 [29 Dec 1886]		wfo-1000035919
Lactuca thunbergii var. atropurpurea	Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 16 (1928)		wfo-0001381211
Lactuca triquetra	Benth. & Hook.f.	Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 525. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873]		wfo-0000079719
Lactuca vanensis	Azn.	Magyar Bot. Lapok 16: 22 (1918). (1917 publ. 1918)		wfo-0000033952
Lactuca villosa	Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.	Prelim. Cat. (1888) 31. [25 Apr 1888]		wfo-0000045016
Lactuca viminea	C.B.Clarke	Compos. Ind. 262. 1876		wfo-0000115560
Lactuca viminea f. integrifolia	(Lamt.) V.Ferakova	Gen. Lactuca Eur. 46. 1977		wfo-0001322876
Lactuca viminea subsp. chondrilliflora	(Boreau) Malag.	Subesp. Variación Geogr. 16, without basionym date. 1973		wfo-0000110407
Lactuca viminea subsp. viminea	(L.) J.Presl & C.Presl	Unknown		wfo-0000097609
Lactuca virosa f. lactucarii	(Lamotte) P.D.Sell	Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 532. 2006 isonym		wfo-0001325663
Lactuca visianii	Bornm.	Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins , n.s., xx. 29.		wfo-0000037287