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Taxon:  Lactuca indica L.



Summary
Genus:
Lactuca
Section:
Tuberosae
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Subtribe:
Lactucinae
Nomen number:
21341
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 2:278. 1771
Verified:
10/30/2007 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
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pterocypsela indica (L.) C. Shih

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lactuca squarrosa (Thunb.) Miq.
Prenanthes squarrosa Thunb.
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Reference(s)
  1. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. Flores des Mascareignes. 1976-
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
  5. Hu, S.-Y. Compositae of China. 1970 431.
  6. Humbert, J.-H., ed. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. 1936-
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  9. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). 1977-1982
  10. Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
  11. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  12. Lebeda, A. et al. 2004. Geographical distribution of wild Lactuca species (Asteraceae, Lactuceae). Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70:328-356.
  13. Li, H. L. et al., eds. Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  16. Ross, J. The flora of Natal. 1972
  17. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. Flora of India. 1993-
  18. Shih, C. 1988. Revision of Lactuca L. and two new genera of tribe Lactuceae (Compositae) of the mainland China of Asia (cont.). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26:425.
  19. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:184.
  20. Steward, A. N. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. 1958
Common names
English
Indian lettuce –
German
chinesischer Salat –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaido 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal]
Naturalized
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21341. Accessed 26 April 2025.

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