Name:		Lactuca L., (1753) [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Mulgedium Cass.
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Compositae Giseke [Family] Asterales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Lactuca acuminata Spreng. Lactuca alpina Benth. & Hook. f. Lactuca altissima Bieb. Lactuca canadensis A. Gray Lactuca canadensis L. Lactuca capensis Thunb. Lactuca cataonica Boiss. & Hausskn. Lactuca chaixii Vill. Lactuca debilis Benth. & Hook. f. Lactuca decipiens C.B. Clarke Lactuca dentata C.B. Rob. Lactuca dentata Makino Lactuca denticulata Maxim. Lactuca dissecta D. Don Lactuca elongata Mulh. ex Willd. Lactuca floridana Gaertn. Lactuca glandulifera Hook. f. Lactuca graciliflora DC. Lactuca indica L. Lactuca integrata A. Nelson Lactuca intybacea Jacq. Lactuca leucophaea A. Gray Lactuca leucophaea Sibth. Lactuca ludoviciana Riddell Lactuca muralis Lactuca orientalis Boiss. Lactuca perennis L. Lactuca pulchella Lactuca quercina L. Lactuca raddeana Lactuca remotiflora DC. Lactuca rostrata Benth. & Hook. f. Lactuca rostrata Boerl. Lactuca rostrata Kuntze Lactuca runcinata DC. Lactuca sagittata Waldst. & Kit. Lactuca sali Lactuca saligna L. Lactuca sativa L. Lactuca scariola L. Lactuca seriola Lactuca serriola L. Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim. Lactuca spicata Hitchcock Lactuca spicata Kuntze Lactuca stricta Waldst. & Kit. Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A. Mey. Lactuca viminea (L.) J. Presl & C. Presl Lactuca virosa Hablitz Lactuca virosa L. Lactuca virosa Luce Lactuca virosa Thunb. Lactuca wilhelmsiana Fisch. & Mey. ex DC.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Biological Records Database (45 records)
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]