Lactuca tenerrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lactuca
Species:
L. tenerrima
Binomial name
Lactuca tenerrima
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Cicerbita tenerrima Beauverd
    • Lactuca segusiana Balb.
    • Wiestia tenerrima Sch.Bip.

Lactuca tenerrima is a species of wild lettuce native to southern France, Spain, the Balearic Islands, and the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.[2] Unlike other species in its genus Lactuca, even in its family Asteraceae, it does not produce bitter-tasting sesquiterpene lactones.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hist. & Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Toulouse 3: 321 (1788)
  2. 1 2 "Lactuca tenerrima Pourr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Michalska, Klaudia; Stojakowska, Anna; Malarz, Janusz; Doležalová, Ivana; Lebeda, Aleš; Kisiel, Wanda (2009). "Systematic implications of sesquiterpene lactones in Lactuca species". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 37 (3): 174–179. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2009.02.001.
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