Lactuca floridana

Lactuca floridana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Lactucinae
Genus: Lactuca
Species: Lactuca floridana

Name

Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn., 1791

Synonyms

• Cicerbita acuminata Wallr.
• Cicerbita floridana (L.) Wallr.
• Cicerbita villosa Beauv.
• Lactuca acuminata Spreng.
• Lactuca floridana var. villosa (Jacq.) Cronquist
• Lactuca villosa Jacq.
• Mulgedium acuminatum (Wallr.) DC.
• Mulgedium floridanum (L.) DC.
• Mulgedium lyratum Cass.
• Mulgedium villosum (Jacq.) Small
• Prenanthes sonchoides DC.
• Sonchus floridanus L.
• Sonchus lapponicus Froel.
• Wiestia acuminata (Wallr.) Sch. Bip.
• Wiestia floridana (L.) Sch. Bip.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Canada (Manitoba, Ontario), USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Gaertner, J., 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum. . . . 2(3):362.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Lactuca floridana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lactuca floridana. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 29 2019.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lactuca floridana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 29. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lactuca floridana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Mar. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lactuca floridana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: woodland lettuce

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