Biology:Lactuca palmensis

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Lactuca

Lactuca palmensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lactuca
Species:
L. palmensis
Binomial name
Lactuca palmensis
Bolle[1]
Synonyms[2]

Cicerbita palmensis Beauverd

Lactuca palmensis is a species of wild lettuce endemic to the Canary Islands.[2] DNA evidence shows that it is closely related to the African and European species of Lactuca, while the Azores endemic Lactuca watsoniana is more closely related to the North American lineage.[3]

References

  1. Bonplandia 7: 298 (1859)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Lactuca palmensis Bolle". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228158-1. 
  3. Dias, Elisabete F.; Kilian, Norbert; Silva, Luís; Schaefer, Hanno; Carine, Mark; Rudall, Paula J.; Santos-Guerra, Arnoldo; Moura, Mónica (2018). "Phylogeography of the Macaronesian Lettuce Species Lactuca palmensis and L. palmensis (Asteraceae)". Biochemical Genetics 56 (4): 315–340. doi:10.1007/s10528-018-9847-8. PMID 29478137. 

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