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Taxon:  Lactuca altaica Fisch. & C. A. Mey.



Summary
Genus:
Lactuca
Section:
Lactuca
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Subtribe:
Lactucinae
Nomen number:
21325
Place of publication:
F. E. L. Fischer & J. L. É. Avé-Lallemant, Index sem. hort. petrop. 11:73. 1846
Comment:
doubtfully distinct from L. sativa L.
Verified:
11/01/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  2. Fedorov, A. A., ed. Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions (Engl. transl.). 1999-
  3. Feráková, V. 1977. The genus Lactuca in Europe. 71-77.
  4. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  5. Koopman, W. J. M. et al. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among Lactuca (Asteraceae) species and related genera based on ITS-1 DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 85:1517-1530.
  6. Koopman, W. J. M. et al. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among Lactuca (Asteraceae) species and related genera based on ITS-1 DNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 85:1517-1530.
  7. Koopman, W. J. M. et al. 2001. Species relationships in Lactuca s.l. (Lactuceae, Asteraceae) inferred from AFLP fingerprints. Amer. J. Bot. 88:1881-1887.
  8. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000-
  9. Lebeda, A. et al. 2004. Geographical distribution of wild Lactuca species (Asteraceae, Lactuceae). Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70:328-356
  10. Lebeda, A. et al. 2009. Wild Lactuca germplasm for lettuce breeding: current status, gaps and challenges. Euphytica 170:15-34.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationNovosibirsk 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Novosibirsk]
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21325. Accessed 16 April 2026.

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