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Taxon:
Lactuca virosa
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Lactuca
Section:
Lactuca
Family:
Asteraceae
(alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Subtribe:
Lactucinae
Nomen number:
21375
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:795. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/23/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Lactuca virosa
L. subsp.
cornigera
(Pau & Font Quer) Emb. & Maire
(0 active accession[s])
Lactuca virosa
L. subsp.
livida
(Boiss. & Reut.) Ladero & A. Velasco
(0 active accession[s])
Lactuca virosa
L. subsp.
virosa
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
URL:
http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Clapham, A. R. et al.
1962. Flora of the British Isles, ed. 2.
Cufodontis, G.
1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Eriksson, O. et al.
1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
Feráková, V.
1977. The genus
Lactuca
in Europe. 72-75.
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Lactuca+virosa&quantity=1
Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire.
1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Koopman, W. J. M. et al.
2001. Species relationships in
Lactuca
s.l. (Lactuceae, Asteraceae) inferred from AFLP fingerprints. Amer. J. Bot. 88:1881.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Lebeda, A. et al.
2004. Geographical distribution of wild
Lactuca
species (Asteraceae, Lactuceae). Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70:328-356
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Scoggan, H. J.
1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
Common names
English
bitter lettuce –
Reference(s)
great lettuce –
Reference(s)
wild lettuce –
Reference(s)
German
Gift-Lattich –
Reference(s)
Swedish
giftsallat –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Madeira Islands
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Austria
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Belgium
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Germany
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Switzerland
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Greece
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
North Macedonia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Romania
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Slovenia
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
incl. Corsica
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
incl. Baleares
3
Adventive
Europe
Middle Europe
Czech Republic
3
Adventive
Europe
Middle Europe
Hungary
3
Adventive
Europe
Middle Europe
Poland
3
Adventive
Europe
Northern Europe
Ireland
3
Adventive
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Croatia
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
4
Naturalized
Europe
Middle Europe
Netherlands
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Alabama
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
District of Columbia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
Native
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Portugal
[Madeira Islands]
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Morocco
Europe
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Switzerland
,
Germany
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece
,
Italy
(incl. Sardinia, Sicily),
North Macedonia
,
Romania
,
Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
(incl. Baleares),
France
(incl. Corsica),
Portugal
Adventive
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Ireland
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czech Republic
,
Hungary
,
Poland
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Croatia
Naturalized
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Netherlands
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Alabama, District of Columbia]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[California]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
folklore
fide Pl Book; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References