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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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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca acanthifolia Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 525. 1873 [7-9 Apr 1873] wfo-0000127617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca acaulis (Roxb.) Babe. – — wfo-0000055968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca acuminata (Willd.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 659 (1826) wfo-0000010135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca agrestis Bubani Fl. Pyren. ii. 113 (1899) wfo-0000020222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca alabamensis Bertol. in Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bononiensis 7: 200. 1844 wfo-0000123628
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca albiflora Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg xix. (1874) 531. wfo-0000085918
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca amagawaensis Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 6: 56 (1892) wfo-0000043260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca ambigua Hort. ex G.Don Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 3. 410. 1839 wfo-0000064286
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca amurensis Herder Fl. Radd. 3(4): 29. wfo-0000129769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca angulata Raf. New Fl. iv. 83 (Quid ?). wfo-0000136245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca angustifolia Lam. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 460 (1821) wfo-0000021229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca armena Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 808 (1875) wfo-0000056719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca atlantica Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. : 265 (1875) wfo-0000025294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca augustana Rchb. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 435 (1879) wfo-0000038485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca auriculata Aitch. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 173 (1882) wfo-0000002967
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca autumnalis Bernh. Syst. Verz. : 140 (1800) wfo-0000078062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca axillaris Raf. New Fl. iv. 83 (Quid ?). wfo-0000118418
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca balmesi Sennen Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 28(5-8): 116 (1930) wfo-0000125722
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca bandyopadhyana Kottaim. Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Pl. Biol. 6(10): 37. 2019 wfo-1000032949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca bauhini Loret Loret & Barrandon, Fl. Montpellier, ed. 2 620. 1886 wfo-0000111751
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca biennis f. aurea (Jenn.) Fernald Rhodora 42: 302 (1940) wfo-0001320408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca bracteata Wall. Numer. List : n.° 3243 (1831) wfo-0000041604
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca brevirostra Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 494 (1867) wfo-0000000582
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca callosa (Klatt) C.C.Chang Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sc. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 9: 127. 1934 wfo-0000034576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis (L.) Farw. Asa Gray Bull. 3: 22 (1895) wfo-0000071052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis A.Gray Man. Bot. N. U. St. 803. wfo-0000085533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. albocaerulea (Farw.) Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 45 (1923) wfo-0001321593
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. angustata Wiegand Rhodora 22: 11 (1920) wfo-0001321589
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. angustipes Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 108. 1924 wfo-0001403046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. angustipes Wiegand Rhodora 22: 10. 1920 wfo-0001403045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. exauriculata Wiegand Rhodora 22: 11 (1920) wfo-0001321590
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. pallida Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 109 (1924) wfo-0001321591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. steelei (Britton) Fernald Rhodora 40: 481 (1938) wfo-0001321586
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. stenopoda Wiegand Rhodora 22: 11 (1920) wfo-0001321587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis f. villicaulis Fernald Rhodora 41: 574 (1939) wfo-0001321592
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis var. angustifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 349 (1891) wfo-0001372768
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis var. elongata Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 46 (1923) wfo-0001372769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis var. laciniata Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 45 (1923) wfo-0001372771
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canadensis var. montana Britton Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 3: 274 (1898) wfo-0001372772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca candolleana Holmboe Stud. Veg. Cyprus : 194 (1914) wfo-0000080213
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca canescens Regel & Schmalh. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada vi. (1879) 324. wfo-0000124253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca capillaris (Nakai) Makino & Nemoto Fl. Japan., ed. 2 (Makino & Nemoto) 1241. 1931 wfo-0000067773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca caroliniana Walter Fl. Carol. : 193 (1788) wfo-0000062133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca cernua Jacquem. ex Decne. Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 100 (Apr 1835- Dec 1844) wfo-0000036123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca chaffanjonii (Beauverd) Danguy in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 39. 1914 wfo-0000005454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca chinensis (Thunb.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 89 (1903) wfo-0000074485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca chinensis Tanaka Bult. Sci. Fak. Terk. Kjusu Imp. Univ. i. 205, 209 (1925) wfo-0000042612
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca chondrilliflora subsp. chondrilliflora – – — wfo-0000049579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca chondrilloides Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2: 3 (1840) wfo-0000022713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca contracta Velen ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(1): 189. 1889 ; Bornm. in Bot. Centralbl. xxxvi. (1888)89 — wfo-0000118898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca cornigera Pau & Font Quer in Font Quer, Iter Marocc. 1929: No. 476. 1930 wfo-0000093721
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca cracoviensis bueck ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 2: 435 (1879) wfo-0000052733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca crambifolia B.Fedtsch. Rastit. Turkest. 765 (1915). wfo-0000125489
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca crassicaulis (Trautv.) – — wfo-1000056224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca crassicaulis Sennikov Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Tian-Shan 400 2021 wfo-1000057208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca debilis Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. 2(1): 526 (1873) wfo-0000034445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca decipiens var. decipiens – – — wfo-0000055036
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca denticulatoplatyphylla Makino J. Jap. Bot. i. 11 (1917). wfo-0000106934
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca depressa (Hook.f. & Thomson) Babc. & Cameron Univ. Calif. Publ. Agric. Sci. 6: 289 (1934) wfo-0000134187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca elongata var. albiflora Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 2: 497 (1843) wfo-0001372774
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca elongata var. graminifolia Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 252 (1860) wfo-0001372775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca esculenta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 180 (1796) wfo-0000122958
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca fistulosa Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 58 (1817) wfo-0000029534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca floridana f. leucantha Fernald Rhodora 42: 498 (1940) wfo-0001320409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca forsteniana Boerl. Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2(1): 245, nomen. (1891) wfo-0000044887
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca glabra Chang in Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sc. Soc. China, Bot. Ser., ix. 128 (1934). — wfo-0000060994
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca glareosa Schott & Kotschy Fl. Orient. 3: 812 (1875) wfo-0000093440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca graciliflora Forbes & Hemsl. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 23: 482 1888 — wfo-0000134940
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca graminea Spreng. Syst. Veg. 3: 659 (1826) wfo-0000074278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca graminifolia var. graminifolia – – — wfo-0000091399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca haimanniana E.A.Durand & Barratte – — wfo-1000050903
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca hastata L. – — wfo-0000065452
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca hastata var. khasiana C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind. : 268 (1876) wfo-0001380090
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca hastata var. paniculata C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind. (1876) wfo-0001380089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca hirsuta f. calvifolia Fernald Rhodora 22: 156 (1920) wfo-0001320410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca hirsuta f. indivisa Fernald Rhodora 43: 657 (1941) wfo-0001321588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca hirsuta var. genuina Fernald Rhodora 40: 481 (1938) wfo-0001372779
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca hochstetteri Sch.Bip. ex Engl. Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1891 (1892) 454. wfo-0000093447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca humilis Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 463 (1848) wfo-0000077429
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca imbricata var. imbricata – – wfo-0000096525
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca impura Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. xxxi. 108 (1941). wfo-0000137409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca integrifolia B.L.Rob. & Fernald Manual (Gray), ed. 7. 866. 1908 wfo-0000128683
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca intybacea Jacq. ex Murray Icon. Pl. Rar. 1(4): pl. 162. 1784. — wfo-0000008040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca japonica Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) (1866) 91. wfo-0000129518
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca kanitziana Martelli Nuov. Giorn. Bot. xv. 302. 1883 wfo-0000120451
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca kanitziana Martelli ex Boerl. Fl. Ned. Ind. ii. I. (1891) 245, nomen. wfo-0000016919
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca khasiana Franch. J. Bot. (Morot) ix. (1895) 292, in obs. wfo-0000024287
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca kimurana Kitam. cf. Bot. Mag., Tokyo 48; 6. 1934 , in syn., (japonice) wfo-0000003554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca kossinskyi Krasch. Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 26: 115, in syn. (1927) wfo-0000096044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca kotschyana Reut. Cat. Graines Jard. Bot. Genève 1867: 4 (1868) wfo-0000078835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca kotschyi Sch.Bip. Linnaea 15: 725 (1842) wfo-0000014052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca laevigata Boiss. Fl. Orient. [Boissier] Suppl. 322. 1888 [Oct 1888] wfo-0000119387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca laevigata C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind. 269. 1876 wfo-0000007059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca laevigata DC. Prodr. 7(1): 140 (1838) wfo-0000118130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca laevigata var. exciso-dentata J.Kost. Blumea 23(1): 174 (1976) wfo-0000107432
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca laevigata var. lamii (Mattfield) J.Kost. Blumea 23(1): 174 (1976) wfo-0001386761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca laevigata var. pusilla (Mattfield) J.Kost. Blumea 23(1): 172 (1976) wfo-0001386762
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca longespicata De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 1(2): 87 (1904) wfo-0000003652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca longidentata Moris Pl. Sard. Elench. 2. wfo-0000128949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lactuca ludoviciana f. campestris (Greene) Fernald Rhodora 40: 481 (1938) wfo-0001320411