Characteristics
Dicots
Lactuca floridana (L.)Gaertn.
WOODLAND LETTUCE
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Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
LACTUCA FLORIDANA (Linnaeus) Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 362. 1791.
Sonchus floridanus Linnaeus 1753.
Without data (lectotype: LINN 949.13). Lectotypified by Reveal, in C. E. Jarvis, Order out of Chaos 864. 2007.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
Brevard
USF
Calhoun
FSU
Citrus
USF
Clay
USF
Columbia
FLAS
Dixie
FSU
Duval
USF
Escambia
FSU
Franklin
USF
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Cicerbita acuminata
Cicerbita acuminata (Willdenow) Wallroth, Sched. Crit. 434. 1822.
BASIONYM: Sonchus acuminatus Willdenow 1803.
Cicerbita floridana
Cicerbita floridana (Linnaeus) Wallroth, Sched. Crit. 434. 1822.
BASIONYM: Sonchus floridanus Linnaeus 1753.
Cicerbita villosa
Cicerbita villosa (Jacquin) Beauverd, Bull. Soc. Bot. Gèneve, ser. 2. 2: 124. 1910.
BASIONYM: Lactuca villosa Jacquin 1798.
Lactuca acuminata
Lactuca acuminata (Willdenow) A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 443. 1884.
BASIONYM: Sonchus acuminatus Willdenow 1803.
Lactuca floridana forma leucantha
Lactuca floridana (Linnaeus) Gaertner, forma leucantha Fernald, Rhodora 42: 498. 1940.
TYPE: VIRGINIA: Sussex Co.: Jones Hole Swamp W of Coddyshore, 17 Sep 1939, Fernald & Long 11484 (holotype: GH; isotype: PH).
Lactuca floridana var. villosa
Lactuca floridana (Linnaeus) Gaertner, var. villosa (Jacquin) Cronquist, Rhodora 50: 31. 1948.
BASIONYM: Lactuca villosa Jacquin 1798.
Lactuca villosa
Lactuca villosa Jacquin, Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: t. 367. 1798.
Mulgedium acuminatum
Mulgedium acuminatum (Willdenow) de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 250. 1838.
BASIONYM: Sonchus acuminatus Willdenow 1803.
Mulgedium floridanum
Mulgedium floridanum (Linnaeus) de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 249. 1838.
BASIONYM: Sonchus floridanus Linnaeus 1753.
Mulgedium lyratum
Mulgedium floridanum Cassini, in Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 33: 297. 1824, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Sonchus floridanus Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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Counties listed: Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Davie, Duval, Forsyth, Franklin, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lincoln Par., Ouachita Par., Polk, Sumt
Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 2005
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