| Lactuca tenerrima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lactuca |
| Species: | L. tenerrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Lactuca tenerrima Pourr. | |
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List
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Lactuca tenerrima is a species of wild lettuce native to southern France, Spain, the Balearic Islands, and the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Unlike other species in its genus Lactuca, even in its family Asteraceae, it does not produce bitter-tasting sesquiterpene lactones.
References
- Hist. & Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Toulouse 3: 321 (1788)
- ^ "Lactuca tenerrima Pourr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- Michalska, Klaudia; Stojakowska, Anna; Malarz, Janusz; Doležalová, Ivana; Lebeda, Aleš; Kisiel, Wanda (2009). "Systematic implications of sesquiterpene lactones in Lactuca species". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 37 (3): 174–179. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2009.02.001.
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| Lactuca tenerrima |
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