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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.

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Synonyms of Lactuca

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lactuca sect. Pterachenium Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6(3): 237 (1937) wfo-1000043938
Cicerbita sect. Mulgedium (Cass.) Beauverd in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève 2: 116. 1910 wfo-1000044101
Cicerbita sect. Platyachena Kirp. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 29: 726. 1964 wfo-1000045089
Cicerbita sect. Lactucopsis (Sch.Bip.) Beauverd in Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève 2: 116. 1910 wfo-1000057219
Lactuca sect. Alpinae Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 804. 1875 wfo-1000057228
Lactuca sect. Heterorhynchae Bisch. Beitr. Fl. Deutschl.: 178. 1851 wfo-1000057231
Lactuca sect. Homoeorhynchae Bisch. Beitr. Fl. Deutschl.: 178, 199. 1851 wfo-1000057232
Lactuca sect. Lactucopsis (Sch.Bip.) Rouy Fl. France 9: 193. 1905 wfo-1000057233
Lactuca sect. Micranthae Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 804. 1875 wfo-1000057234
Lactuca sect. Mulgedioideae Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 804. 1875 wfo-1000057235
Lactuca sect. Mulgedium (Cass.) C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 260. 1876 wfo-1000057236
Lactuca sect. Phaenixopus (Cass.) Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 2: 525. 1873 wfo-1000057238
Lactuca sect. Pterachaenium Kitam. in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 6: 237. 1937 wfo-1000057240
Lactuca sect. Quinqueflorae Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 805. 1875 wfo-1000057241
Lactuca sect. Tuberosae Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 804. 1875 wfo-1000057243
Mulgedium sect. Eumulgedium DC. Prodr. 7: 248. 1838 wfo-1000057251
Mulgedium sect. Lactucopsis (Sch.Bip.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 799. 1875 wfo-1000057252
Steptorhamphus sect. Tuberosae (Boiss.) Kirp. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR 23: 318. 1963 wfo-1000057258
Cicerbita subg. Platyachena Kirp. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 29: 726. 1964 wfo-1000057260
Lactucopsis sect. Mulgediopsis Sch.Bip. in Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 15: 8. 1870 wfo-1000078827
Lactucopsis sect. Prenanthopsis Sch.Bip. in Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 15: 6. 1870 wfo-1000078828
Lactuca sect. Scariola DC. Prodr. 7: 133. 1838 wfo-1200027483
Lactuca subg. Cyanoseris (W.D.J.Koch) Peterm. Deutschl. Fl.: 340. 1846–1849 wfo-1200069181
Lactuca subg. Lactucopsis (Sch.Bip.) Babc., Stebbins & J.A.Jenkins in Cytologia, Fujii Jubil. Vol.: 191. 1937 wfo-1200069182
Lactuca subg. Mulgedium (Cass.) Babc., Stebbins & J.A.Jenkins in Cytologia Fujii Jubil. Vol: 190. 1937 wfo-1200069183
Lactuca subg. Phaenixopus (Benth. & Hook.f.) Babc., Stebbins & J.A.Jenkins Cytologia, Fujii Jubil. Vol.: 191. 1937, design. inval wfo-1200069185
Lactuca subg. Pterachaenium (Kitam.) Kirp. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 29: 291. 1964 wfo-1200069186
Lactuca subg. Scariola Peterm. Deutschl. Fl.: 339. 1846–1849 wfo-1200069187
Cicerbita ser. Macrophyllae Gagnidze in Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 66(1): 150. 1972 wfo-2800000949
Cicerbita ser. Racemosae Gagnidze in Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 66(1): 151. 1972 wfo-2800000950
Lactuca sect. Cyanoseris W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 496. 1844 wfo-3400005148
Mycelis sect. Multicostaria (Kirp.) Sennikov in Bot. Zhurn. 82(2): 111. 1997 wfo-3400010103
Mulgedium sect. Lagedium (Soják) Sennikov in Bot. Zhurn. 82(5): 116. 1997 wfo-3400010112
Cicerbita sect. Multicostaria Kirp. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 29: 726. 1964 wfo-3400011770
Lactuca subg. Pterachenium (Kitam.) Kirp. Fl. URSS 29: 291. 1964 wfo-3500000316
Bunioseris Jord. Jord. & Fourr. Ic. Fl. Eur. 3: 44. 1903 wfo-4000005754
Cyanoseris Schur in Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 43. 1853 wfo-4000010163
Eunoxis Raf. New Fl. iv. 84 (1836) wfo-4000014193
Galathenium Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2, 7: 442. 1841 wfo-4000015198
Lactucella Nazarova in Biol. Zhurn. Armenii 43: 181. 1990 wfo-4000020394
Lactucopsis Sch.Bip. in Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 15: 5. 1870 wfo-4000020395
Lagedium Soják in Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1961: 34. 1961 wfo-4000020425
Mulgedium Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 33: 296. 1824 wfo-4000024963
Phaenixopus Cass. in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 39: 391. 1826 wfo-4000029042
Phaenopus DC. Prodr. 7: 176. 1838 wfo-4000029046
Pterocypsela C.Shih in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26: 385. 1988 wfo-4000031961
Scariola F.W.Schmidt in Samml. Phys.-Ökon. Aufsätze 1: 270. 1795 wfo-4000034259
Wiestia Sch.Bip. in Jahrb. Pract. Pharm. Verwandte Fächer 4: 154. 1841 wfo-4000040695
Garacium Gren. & Godr. Fl. France 2: 327, in syn. (1850) wfo-4000046573
Agathyrus Raf. New Fl. [Rafinesque] 4: 84 (1836). wfo-4100000132

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

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