Lactuca sativa
A species in the Asteraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Lactuca
- Species
- Lactuca sativa
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Lactuca sativa. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
28 synonyms in this snapshot
- Lactuca capitataName author: Garsault
- Lactuca capitataName author: (L.) DC.
- Lactuca crispaName author: (L.) Roth
- Lactuca dregeanaName author: DC.
- Lactuca laciniataName author: Roth
- Lactuca palmataName author: Willd.
- Lactuca sativa subsp. asparaginaName author: (L.H.Bailey) Janch.
- Lactuca sativa subsp. capitataName author: (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens
- Lactuca sativa subsp. crispaName author: (L.) Schübl. & G.Martens
- Lactuca sativa subsp. longifoliaName author: (Lam.) Alef.
- Lactuca sativa subsp. miniiName author: Hadidi
- Lactuca sativa subsp. romanaName author: Spielm. ex Schübl. & G.Martens
- Lactuca sativa subsp. sativaName author: Not supplied
- Lactuca sativa subsp. secalinaName author: Alef.
- Lactuca sativa var. acephalaName author: Alef.
- Lactuca sativa var. asparaginaName author: L.H.Bailey
- Lactuca sativa var. aurescensName author: Hegi
- Lactuca sativa var. capitataName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Lactuca sativa var. crispaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Lactuca sativa var. foliosaName author: Bremer
- Lactuca sativa var. integrifoliaName author: Stankov & Taliev
- Lactuca sativa var. longifoliaName author: Lam.
- Lactuca sativa var. pseudoscariolaName author: Schur
- Lactuca sativa var. sativaName author: Not supplied
- Lactuca scariola var. hortensisName author: Bisch.
- Lactuca scariola var. laciniataName author: (Roth) Bisch.
- Lactuca scariola var. sativaName author: (L.) Moris
- Lactuca scariola var. sativaName author: Moris
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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