Summary
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 18:474. 1966
Verified:
03/15/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
- Kilian, N. 1997. Revision of Launaea Cass. (Compositae, Lactuceae, Sonchinae). Englera 17:241-246.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
African-lettuce – wild lettuce – yanrin – French
laitue africaine – lengue de vache – German
Löwenzahn-Dornlattich –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mauritania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Niger | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Togo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | Bioko | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea [Bioko]
Cultivated
Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Nigeria, Senegal
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | vegetable | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=464689.
Accessed 20 September 2024.