| Linnaean Name: |
Lactuca sativa Linnaeus var. sativa |
| Reference: |
Species Plantarum 2 : 795 (1753)
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| Provenance: |
"Habitat - - - - -" |
| Generitype of: |
Lactuca Linnaeus |
| Designated by: |
Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 177. 1929. |
| Type: |
Lectotype
: Herb. Linn. No. 950.2 (LINN)
|
| Designated by: |
Alavi in
Jafri & El-Gadi (ed.),
Fl. Libya
107
: 403
(1983)
|
| Current Name: |
Lactuca sativa L.
|
| Current Family: |
Asteraceae |
| Comments: |
De Vries & Jarvis (in Taxon 36: 142. 1987) provided a detailed review of the original elements, illustrating many of them, including their chosen type (as f. 1), but they were unaware of Alavi's earlier choice. |
| Type Image: |
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Image reproduced by kind permission of The Linnean Society of London. |
| Record last updated: |
24/11/2003 |
