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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Lactuca

Hierarchical position of the Genus Lactuca

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Asteridae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Asteranae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 451. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Asterales Lindl. pub. 1833       Familia  Asteraceae Dumort. pub. Comment. Bot.: 55. Nov-Dec 1822. common name: Sunflowers       Subfamilia  Lactucoideae (Cass.) Lindl. in Loud. pub. Encycl. Pl.: 1073. 1829.       Tribus  Lactuceae Cass. pub. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. 88: 151. Feb 1819.       Subtribus  Lactucinae Cass. ex Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 59. 1827.       Genus  Lactuca L. pub. (1753) common name: lettuce

Named members of the Genus Lactuca

1	Species  biennis (Moench) Fern. common name: tall blue lettuce
2	Species  campestris Greene
	3    Varietas  typica Wieg. syn. Lactuca ludoviciana
4	Species  canadensis L.
	5    Varietas  integrifolia (Bigelow) Torr. & Gray syn. Lactuca canadensis 6    Varietas  latifolia Kuntze syn. Lactuca canadensis 7    Varietas  longifolia (Michx.) Farw. syn. Lactuca canadensis 8    Varietas  obovata Wieg. syn. Lactuca canadensis 9    Varietas  typica Wieg. syn. Lactuca canadensis
10	Species  floridana (L.) Gaertn.
	11    Varietas  floridana common name: woodland lettuce 12    Varietas  villosa (Jacq.) Cronq. common name: woodland lettuce
13	Species  graminifolia Michx.
	14    Varietas  arizonica McVaugh common name: grassleaf lettuce 15    Varietas  graminifolia common name: grassleaf lettuce
16	Species  hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt.
	17    Varietas  albiflora (Torr. & Gray) Shinners common name: hairy lettuce 18    Varietas  hirsuta common name: hairy lettuce 19    Varietas  sanguinea (Bigelow) Fern. common name: hairy lettuce
20	Species  indica L. common name: Indian lettuce
21	Species  intybacea Jacq. syn. Launaea intybacea
22	Species  ludoviciana (Nutt.) Riddell common name: biannual lettuce
23	Species  muralis (L.) Fresen. syn. Mycelis muralis
24	Species  oblongifolia Nutt. syn. Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella
25	Species  pulchella (Pursh) DC. syn. Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella
26	Species  sagittifolia Ell. syn. Lactuca canadensis
27	Species  saligna L.
	28    Varietas  runcinata Gren. & Godr. syn. Lactuca saligna
29	Species  sativa L. common name: garden lettuce
30	Species  scariola L.
	31    Varietas  integrata Gren. & Godr. syn. Lactuca sativa 32    Varietas  integrifolia (Bogenh.) G. Beck syn. Lactuca sativa
33	Species  serriola L. common name: prickly lettuce
34	Species  spicata (Lam.) A.S. Hitchc.
	35    Varietas  integrifolia (Torr. & Gray) Britt. syn. Lactuca biennis
36	Species  steelei Britt. syn. Lactuca canadensis
37	Species  stolonifera (Gray) Maxim. syn. Ixeris stolonifera
38	Species  tatarica (L.) C.A. Mey.
	39    Varietas  heterophylla (Nutt.) Boivin syn. Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella 40    Subspecies  pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins syn. Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella 41    Varietas  pulchella (Pursh) Breitung common name: blue lettuce
42	Species  villosa Jacq. syn. Lactuca floridana var. villosa
43	Species  virosa L. common name: bitter lettuce, wild lettuce, strong-scented lettuce
44	Species  x morssii B.L. Robins. (pro sp.)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.