Compositae taxon details

Lactuca sativa L.

1099606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1099606)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Asteranae (Superorder)
  9. Asterales (Order)
  10. Compositae (Family)
  11. Cichorioideae (Subfamily)
  12. Cichorieae (Tribe)
  13. Lactucinae (Subtribe)
  14. Lactuca (Genus)
  15. Lactuca sativa (Species)
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Species
Lactuca L.

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 795 [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:B4E03B98-EE4E-4012-9EC0-828429990E8E  
LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:B4E03B98-EE4E-4012-9EC0-828429990E8E [details]

Taxonomy 1 May 1753  
Taxonomy 1 May 1753 [details]
Compositae Working Group (CWG) (2025). Global Compositae Database. Lactuca sativa L.. Accessed at: https://www.compositae.org/gcd/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1099606 on 2026-10-10
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2007-12-04 07:42:42Z
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Flann, Christina
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 795 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca crispa (L.) Roth) (1787). Bot. Abh.
page(s): 24 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca palmata Willd.) (1794). Phytographia
page(s): 10 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca capitata (L.) DC.) (1838). Prodr. (DC.) 7(1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/150956#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 138 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca dregeana DC.) (1838). Prodr. (DC.) 7(1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/150956#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 137 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca scariola var. sativa (L.) Boiss.) (1875). Fl. Orient. (Boissier) 3: 809. 1875
page(s): 809 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca sativa subsp. minii Hadidi) (1992). Followers of Horus
page(s): 325 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca laciniata Roth) Catalect. 1
page(s): 96 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca scariola var. sativa Moris) Fl. Sardoa 2: 531. 1840-1843.
page(s): 531 [details] 

original description (of Lactuca sativa subsp. romana Schübl. & G.Martens) Schübl. & G. Martens, Fl. Würtemb. 1834.
page(s): 512 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Contributed data: Notes Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record
De Vries & Jarvis [Taxon 36 (1987) 142] provided a detailed review of the original elements, illustrating many of them, including their chosen type (as fig. 1) but they were unaware of Alavi's earlier choice. [Flora Malesiana]
ori:FTA-FNA [African Plant Database] [details]

Contributed data: Published Data only shown for fields conflicting with the consensus taxon record
C. von Linnaeus, Sp. Pl.. 1753 [Cichorieae Portal]
L., Sp. Pl. 1753. [Euro+Med]
Sp. PI. 795. 1753. [Pacific - Fiji Flora]
Sp. Pl. [Flora Malesiana]
Sp. Pl. : 795 (1753) [Vascular Plants of Russia]
Sp. Pl. 2: 795 (1753) [Flora del Conosur]
Sp. Pl. 2: 795. 1753. [India]
Sp. Pl. 795 [Flora of the West Indies]
Sp. Pl. 795 (1753) [Naturalised Australian Asteraceae]
Sp. Pl. 795. 1753 [African Plant Database]
Species Plantarum 2: [Tropicos] [details]

LSID urn:lsid:compositae.org:names:B4E03B98-EE4E-4012-9EC0-828429990E8E [details]

Specimen Mexico: Chiapas: 600 m, 17 Dec 1972, D.E. Breedlove & R.F. Thorne 30369 (MO). Nicaragua: Managua: 140 - 200 m, 1 Febrero 1984, A. Grijalva 3542 (MO). Panama: Chiriqui: 6000 - 6500 f, 19 Jul 1975, S. Mori & A. Bolten 7250 (MO). [details]

Taxonomy 1 May 1753 [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Albanian Marule  [details]
Czech SalátLocika setá  [details]
English LettucelettuceGarden Lettuce  [details]
Finnish SalaattiRuokasalaatti  [details]
French Salade des jardinsSaladeLaitue cultivéeLaitue  [details]
German KopfsalatGrüner SalatGartensalat  [details]
Italian Lattuga coltivataLattucaInsalataAmarulla  [details]
Norwegian Hagesalat  [details]
Polish Sałata siewna  [details]
Romanian Лэптучь култиваць  [details]
Swedish TrädgårdssallatSallatSalladLaktukHuvudsallat  [details]
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lactuca dregeana) (from synonym Lactuca dregeana DC.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lactuca sativa) 
To GenBank (1381874 nucleotides; 93774 proteins) 
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Lactuca dregeana DC.)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Wagner_CP3497.jpg) 
Unreviewed

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