Lactuca floridana

Woodland lettuce

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lactuca
Species:
L. floridana
Binomial name
Lactuca floridana
(L.) Gaertn. 1791
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy
  • Sonchus floridanus L. 1753
  • Galathenium floridanum (L.) Nutt.
  • Mulgedium floridanum (L.) DC.
  • Cicerbita acuminata (Willd.) Wallr.
  • Cicerbita borealis Wallr.
  • Cicerbita floridana (L.) Wallr.
  • Cicerbita villosa (Jacq.) Beauverd
  • Lactuca acuminata (Willd.) A.Gray
  • Lactuca villosa Jacq.
  • Mulgedium acuminatum (Willd.) DC.
  • Mulgedium lyratum Cass.
  • Mulgedium villosum (Jacq.) Small
  • Sonchus acuminatus Willd.
  • Sonchus lapponicus Froel.
  • Wiestia acuminata Sch.Bip.
  • Wiestia floridana (L.) Sch.Bip.

Lactuca floridana, commonly known as woodland lettuce,[3] Florida lettuce,[4] or false lettuce[5] is a North American species of wild lettuce. It is native across much of central Canada and the eastern and central United States.

Lactuca floridana is an annual or biennial plant in the Cichorieae (dandelion) tribe within the Asteraceae (daisy) family. Lactuca floridana was found to contain 11β,13-Dihydro-lactucin-8-O-acetate hemihydrate.[6]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Lactuca floridana​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Lactuca floridana page". www.missouriplants.com.
  5. ^ "Lactuca floridana (False Lettuce, Florida Lettuce) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu.
  6. ^ Fronczek; Gomez-Barrios; Fischer; Fronczek (1 October 2009). "11β,13-Dihydrolactucin-8-O-acetate hemihydrate". Acta Crystallogr E. 65 (Pt. 10): o2564–o2565. doi:10.1107/S160053680903829X. PMC 2970292. PMID 21578003.