Characteristics
Dicots
Lactuca floridana (L.)Gaertn.
WOODLAND LETTUCE
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Native FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
ASTERALES
Lactuca floridana (L.)Gaertn. - WOODLAND LETTUCE
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.

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County
County - Species Present
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

Click on an Accession Number to view additional details about the specimen.

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

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
11 Jun 1973
M0831
A.G. Shuey
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
28 Jul 1976
846
J. E. Poppleton
USA
Florida
Citrus Co.
22 Sep 1963
26489
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
Clay Co.
12 Oct 1979
6583
B. F. Hansen
USA
Florida
Duval Co.
29 Aug 1896
5763
A. H. Curtiss
USA
Florida
Franklin Co.
26 Aug 1987
10844
L. C. Anderson
USA
Florida
Hernando Co.
21 Oct 1961
24783a
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
Hernando Co.
19 Sep 1981
52569
D. S. Correll
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
06 Aug 1976
116
S. Mortellaro
USA
Florida
Hillsborough Co.
15 Sep 1994
s.n.
S. Landry
Plant Photos
Lactuca floridana - 56
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Lactuca floridana - 56
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Lactuca floridana - 56
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Lactuca floridana - 56
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Lactuca floridana - 98
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Lactuca floridana - 98
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Lactuca floridana - 258
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