Lactuca tenerrima explained

Lactuca tenerrima is a species of wild lettuce native to southern France, Spain, the Balearic Islands, and the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.[1] Unlike other species in its genus Lactuca, even in its family Asteraceae, it does not produce bitter-tasting sesquiterpene lactones.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lactuca tenerrima Pourr. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 12 September 2020 .
  2. 10.1016/j.bse.2009.02.001 . Systematic implications of sesquiterpene lactones in Lactuca species . 2009 . Michalska . Klaudia . Stojakowska . Anna . Malarz . Janusz . Doležalová . Ivana . Lebeda . Aleš . Kisiel . Wanda . Biochemical Systematics and Ecology . 37 . 3 . 174–179 .

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