Lactuca tenerrima
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Lactuca tenerrima | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Lactuca |
Species: | L. tenerrima
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Lactuca tenerrima | |
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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
[edit]- ^ Hist. & Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Toulouse 3: 321 (1788)
- ^ a b "Lactuca tenerrima Pourr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ 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.