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Lactuca virosa L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 795.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Asterales
family
Asteraceae
genus
Lactuca
species
Lactuca virosa

Name

Synonyms
Hieracium virosum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Lactuca agrestis Bubani
Lactuca ambigua Schrad.
Lactuca cornigera Pau & Font Quer
Lactuca flavida Jord.
Lactuca lactucarii (Lamotte) Lamotte
Lactuca livida Boiss. & Reut.
Lactuca patersoniae Menezes
Lactuca patersonii Menezes
Lactuca romana Garsault
Lactuca scariola subsp. virosa (L.) Bonnier & Layens
Lactuca scariola subsp. virosa (L.) Maire & Petitm.
Lactuca scariola subsp. virosa (L.) Rouy
Lactuca scariola var. altissima Lecoq & Lamotte
Lactuca scariola var. flavida (Jord.) Gren. & Godr.
Lactuca scariola var. lactucarii (Lamotte) Rouy
Lactuca schimperi Jord.
Lactuca serratifolia Sennen
Lactuca sinuata Forssk.
Lactuca virosa f. lactucarii (Lamotte) P.D.Sell
Homonyms
Lactuca virosa L.
Lactuca virosa Hablitz
Lactuca virosa Thunb.
Lactuca virosa Lucé
Common names
Acrid lettuce in English
Alface maior in Galician
Alface virosa in Galician
Alface-brava-maior in Portuguese
Alface-virosa in Portuguese
Bitter lettuce in English
Bitter lettuce in English
Cardo lechero in Spanish
Cerraya in Spanish
Cyw in Welsh
Enciam boscà in Catalan–Valencian
Ensiam venenós in Catalan–Valencian
Gifsla in Dutch
Gifsla in Dutch
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich in German
Gift-Lattich (DE) in language.
Gift-Lattich (DE) in language.
Gift-salat in Danish
Giftlattich in German
Giftsallat in Swedish
Golaeth in Welsh
Great Lettuce in English
Great Lettuce in English
Great Lettuce in English
Great Lettuce (EN) in language.
Great Lettuce (EN) in language.
Greater Lettuce in English
Greater Prickly Lettuce in English
Gwylaeth Chwerwaidd in Welsh
Gwylaeth Drewgaidd in Welsh
Gwylaeth Gryf-Arogl in Welsh
Lactucario in Spanish
Laitue sauvage in French
Laitue veneneuse in French
Laitue veneneuse in French
Laitue veneneuse in French
Laitue vireuse in French
Laitue vireuse in French
Laitue vireuse in French
Laitue vireuse in French
Laitue vireuse in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  2. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  3. 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.
  4. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
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