Lactuca aculeata is a species of wild lettuce native to Anatolia, the Levant, Iraq and Iran.[2] A very prickly plant, it is closely related to Lactuca serriola (prickly lettuce) and Lactuca sativa (cultivated or garden lettuce), and can readily interbreed with them. It is possible that Lactuca aculeata contributed to the gene pool of cultivated lettuce.[3]
| Lactuca aculeata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lactuca |
| Species: | L. aculeata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lactuca aculeata | |
References edit
- ^ Fl. Orient. 3: 809 (1875)
- ^ "Lactuca aculeata Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ Lebeda, Aleš; Kitner, Miloslav; Křístková, Eva; Doležalová, Ivana; Beharav, Alex (2012). "Genetic polymorphism in Lactuca aculeata populations and occurrence of natural putative hybrids between L. aculeata and L. serriola". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 42: 113–123. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2012.02.008.