Lactuca tenerrima

Lactuca tenerrima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Genus:	Lactuca
Species:	L. tenerrima
Binomial name
	Lactuca tenerrima; Pourr.[1]
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

Hist. & Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Toulouse 3: 321 (1788)
"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.

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[1] Hist. & Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Toulouse 3: 321 (1788)

[228308-1-2] "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.