Biology:Lactuca sibirica

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Lactuca

Lactuca sibirica
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Lactuca
Species:
L. sibirica
Binomial name
Lactuca sibirica
(L.) Benth. ex Maxim.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Lactuca sibirica, the Siberian lettuce, is a species of wild lettuce native to Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic states, Belarus, Ukraine, all parts of Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the northern half of China, the Korean peninsula, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan.[2] It is the host of the systemic rust fungi Puccinia minussensis, which propagates with it along its ramets, resulting in complex host-parasite interactions.[3]

References

  1. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 19: 528 (1874)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228260-1. 
  3. Wennström, Anders; Ericson, Lars; Elveland, Jan (1995). "The Dynamics of the Plant Lactuca sibirica and the Frequency of its Rust Puccinia minussensis in River Valleys in Northern Sweden". Oikos 72 (2): 288–292. doi:10.2307/3546231. 

Wikidata ☰ Q619591 entry