MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME 
DATABASE

Sorting Lactuca names
 
Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
  - Lactuca 
agrestis Bubani , nom. illeg. -> 
    Lactuca 
virosa L.
- 
Lactuca 
altissima M. Bieb. Hayek -> 
    Lactuca quercina L. subsp. 
    quercina
  
- 
Lactuca 
ambigua Schrader  -> Lactuca 
virosa L.
- Lactuca amurensis Regel ex Maxim.  ->  Lactuca indica L.
- Lactuca angustana hort. ex Vilmorin       ->    Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- Lactuca angustana Host.        ->  ?
- Lactuca augustana All.    ->   Lactuca 
    serriola L.
- Lactuca canadensis 
L.
- Lactuca capitata Gars.        ->  ?
 
- Lactuca 
caucasica C. Koch -> Lactuca saligna L.
  
- 
Lactuca 
chaixii Vill. Hayek -> Lactuca quercina L. subsp. quercina
  
- 
Lactuca 
cichoriifolia DC. = Lactuca perennis L. subsp. perennis
  
- Lactuca crispa (L.) DC.  -> Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group)
- Lactuca 
crispa (L.) Roth  -> Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group)
- 
Lactuca 
esculenta Salisb. , nom. Illeg.  ->   Lactuca sativa L.
- Lactuca 
indica 
L.
- Lactuca intybacea Jacq.
- Lactuca intybacea Jacq., nom. illeg.  ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group)
- 
Lactuca laciniata Roth    ->
- Lactuca mauritiana Poir.   ->  Lactuca 
indica 
L.
- Lactuca muralis (L.) Gaertn.
- Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt.  ->   Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins 
- Lactuca 
officinarum Crantz   ->   Lactuca 
    serriola L.
  
- 
Lactuca 
palmata Willd. ->  Lactuca 
    serriola L.
  
- 
Lactuca perennis L. 
  
- 
    Lactuca perennis L. subsp. perennis 
  
- 
    Lactuca perennis L. var. 
    cichoriifolia (DC.) Gren. & 
Godron -> Lactuca perennis L. subsp. perennis 
- Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.  ->  Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins
- Lactuca quercina L. 
- Lactuca quercina L. subsp. 
    chaixii (Vill.) Celak 
-> Lactuca quercina L. subsp. quercina 
  
- Lactuca quercina L. subsp. 
    chaixii (Vill.) P. Fourn. 
-> Lactuca quercina L. subsp. quercina
  
- Lactuca quercina L. subsp. quercina
- 
    Lactuca quercina L. subsp. 
    stricta (Waldst. & 
Kit.) Hayek -> Lactuca quercina L. subsp. quercina
  
- 
    Lactuca quercina L. var.  
    chaixii (Vill.) Guinochet 
& R. Vilmorin, comb. Invalid. -> Lactuca quercina L. subsp. quercina
  
- Lactuca romana Gars.      ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group) ?
 
- Lactuca sagittata Waldst. & Kit. -> Lactuca quercina L. subsp. quercina 
  
- 
Lactuca 
salicifolia Salisb. , nom. illeg. ->  Lactuca saligna L. 
- Lactuca saligna L.
- Lactuca saligna sensu Lour., non L.  ->  Lactuca 
indica 
L.
- Lactuca sativa DC.  ->  ?
 
- Lactuca sativa L.
- Lactuca sativa L. (Acephala Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Capitata Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Cos Group)   ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Cutting Group)  ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Iceberg 
type)  -> Lactuca sativa L. (Capitata Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Latin Group)      ->    Lactuca sativa L. (Acephala Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Oil-Seed Group)  ->  ?
 
- Lactuca sativa L. (Quercifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Romaine Lettuce Group)    ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Secalina Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. (Stalk Group)  ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. convar. capitata L.     -> Lactuca sativa L. (Capitata Group) 
  
- Lactuca sativa L. convar. crispa L.     ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group) 
  
- Lactuca sativa L. convar. longifolia L.    ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)  
  
- Lactuca sativa L. convar. sativa Helm  ->   ?
 
- Lactuca sativa L. convar. secalina Alef.   ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Secalina Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. acephala Var.-Gr. 
    longifolia (Lam.) Alef.     ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca 
sativa L. subsp. acephala Alef. Var.-Gr. secalina Alef.  ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Secalina Group)
- Lactuca 
    sativa L. subsp. acephala Var.-Gr. silvestris Alef.    ->    Lactuca serriola L.
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. capitata (L.) Alef. -> Lactuca sativa L. (Capitata Group)
  
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. 
    capitata (L.) Schübler 
& Martens  -> Lactuca sativa L. (Capitata Group) 
  
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. 
    crispa (L.) Schübler 
& Martens   ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group) 
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. longifolia Lam. var. longifolia 
L.  ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. sativa     ->  ?
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. sativa  convar.  longifolia (Lam.) Alef.    ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. secalina Alef.    ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Secalina Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. secalina Alef. var. acephala Alef.   ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Acephala Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. subsp. 
romana (L.) Schübler 
& Martens   ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group) 
- Lactuca sativa L. var. acephala hort.     ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Acephala Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. var. angustana hort. ex L. H. 
Bailey     ->    Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- 
Lactuca sativa L. var. angustana  Irish ex Bremer     ->    Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. var. angustana L. H. 
Bailey     ->    Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- Lactuca sativa L.  var. asparagina L. H. Bailey   ->    Lactuca 
sativa L. 
(Angustana 
    Group)
  
- Lactuca sativa L.  var. asparagina L.   ->    Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- Lactuca sativa L.  var. asparagina L. H. Bailey   ->    Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. var. capitata L.   ->   Lactuca sativa L. (Capitata Group) 
- Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa L.   ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa L. convar. secalina 
Alef.    ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Secalina Group)
  
- Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa Hegi, non L., nom. illeg.    ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- 
Lactuca sativa L. var. foliosa Brehmer   ->  ?
 
- Lactuca sativa L. var. integrifolia Bisch. ex Stankov & Taliev  ->    Lactuca sativa L. (Angustana Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. var. intybacea hort. ex L. H. Bailey   ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group) ?
 
- Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia 
Lam.    ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia (Lam.) Hegi     ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. var. romana (Garsault) hort. ex 
L.H. Bailey   ->     Lactuca sativa L. (Longifolia Group)
- Lactuca sativa L. var. sativa    ->  ?
 
- Lactuca sativa L. var. secalina Alef.  ->  Lactuca sativa L. (Secalina Group) 
- Lactuca scariola L.  ->    Lactuca serriola L.
- Lactuca serriola L.
- Lactuca serriola Torn.ex L.    ->    Lactuca serriola L.
- Lactuca 
sibirica 
(L.) Benth. ex Maxim.
- Lactuca squarrosa (Thunb.) Miq.  ->  Lactuca 
indica 
L.
- 
Lactuca 
sylvestris Bubani , non Lam. nom.illeg. 
-> Lactuca serriola L.
  
- 
Lactuca sylvestris Lam.   ->    Lactuca serriola L.
- Lactuca taraxacifolia 
Chalk.  ->  Lactuca taraxacifolia (Willd.) Schum. et Thonn.
- Lactuca taraxacifolia (Willd.) Schum. et Thonn.
- Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey.   
 
- Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins
- Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. tatarica
- Lactuca tenerrima 
Pourr. 
- Lactuca viminea Presl.  ->  Lactuca viminea (L.) J. et C. Presl 
 
- Lactuca viminea (L.) J. & C. Presl 
 
- Lactuca viminea (L.) 
J. & C. Presl subsp. chondrilliflora (Boreau) Bonnier 
- Lactuca viminea (L.) J. & C. Presl subsp. viminea
- 
Lactuca 
virosa L.
- Lactuca virosa L. var. 
    virosa
Notes
 
Lactuca canadensis L.
ENGLISH :  Canada lettuce, Florida blue lettuce, Wild lettuce.
JAPANESE :   ラクツカ  ・  カナデンシス  Rakutsuka kanadenshisu.
Lactuca 
indica 
L.
SYNONYM(S) :   Lactuca amurensis Regel ex Maxim., Lactuca saligna sensu Lour., non L., Lactuca squarrosa (Thunb.) Miq., Pterocypsela indica (L.) C. Shih
ENGLISH :  Indian lettuce.
FRENCH :    Laitue de l'île Maurice, Laitue de l'Inde, Laitue de Maurice.
GERMAN :  Chinesischer Salat. 
JAPANESE :   アキノノゲシ  Akino nogeshi.
RUSSIAN :   Лактук индийский   Laktuk indiiskii   (Laktuk indijskij),  Салат индийский   Salat indiiskii  (Salat indijskij).
Lactuca intybacea Jacq. 
SYNONYM(S) :    
Brachyrhamphus intybaceus (Jacq.)DC., Cicerbita intybacea (Jacq.)Wallr., Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauv. 
SPANISH : Achicoria azul.
Lactuca intybacea Jacq."  is not the preferred name for this wild central American plant. It should be placed among the synonyms of  "Launaea intybacea (Jacq.) Beauv.". Sometimes it is  wrongly placed among the synonyms of some cultivated group of lettuces.
Lactuca muralis (L.) Gaertn.
SYNONYM(S) :   Cicerbita muralis Wallr.,  Mycelis muralis (L.) Dumort., Phoenixopus muralis (Koch.) Kahles, Prenanthes muralis L.
CROATIAN :    Salatika, Šalatika.
ENGLISH :  Wall lettuce.
FINNISH :  Jänönsalaatti,  Vuohenkaali.
FRENCH :  Laitue des murs.
GERMAN :  Mauerlattich, Mauer-Lattich.
SERBIAN :   Ajduk-trava, Ajdučica, Ajdučka loćika, Ajdučka
trava, Meledina, Hajdučko zelje. 
SLOVENIAN :   Mlejčni osat, Mlenčnica, Mlečni oset, Hajdušica.
SWEDISH :  Skogssallat. 
This name  in fact is not valid. It should 
be written as  "Lactuca muralis (L.) Gaertn., nom. 
inval."  and placed among the synonyms of  " Mycelis muralis (L.) Dumort"  which is the preferred name for this wild plant.
Lactuca perennis L.
 
CZECH :  Locika vytrvalá.
FRENCH : Laitue vivace.
GERMAN :  Blauer lattich.
HUNGARIAN :  Kék saláta.
ITALIAN :  Lattuga rupestre, Lattùga rupestre.
JAPANESE :   ラクツカ    ・    ペレンニス  Rakutsuka perennisu.
SERBIAN :   Otrovnica modra.
 
Lactuca perennis L. subsp. perennis 
 
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca 
cichoriifolia DC., Lactuca perennis L. var. 
cichoriifolia (DC.) Gren. & 
Godron
 
 
Lactuca quercina L.
CHINESE :  裂葉萵苣  Lie ye wo ju.
CROATIAN :  Šumska salata.
DANISH :  Egebladet Laktuk, Kalk-Salat.
ENGLISH :  Wild lettuce, Oak-leaved lettuce, Wild oak-leaved lettuce.
GERMAN :  Eichen-Lattich.
JAPANESE :   ラクツカ   ・   ケルキナ   Rakutsuka  kerukina.
NORWEGIAN :  Karlsøsalat.
SERBIAN :   Šumska
salata.
SWEDISH :  Karlsösallat.
Note : This is not to be 
confused with the cultivated oak-leaved lettuces Lactuca sativa L. For this 
reason the epithet "wild" should be incorporated into the name. 
Lactuca quercina L. subsp. quercina
SYNONYM(S) :   Lactuca 
altissima (M. Bieb.) Hayek, 
Lactuca 
chaixii (Vill.) Hayek, Lactuca quercina L. subsp. 
chaixii (Vill.) Celak , 
Lactuca quercina L. subsp. 
chaixii (Vill.) P. Fourn. 
,  
Lactuca quercina L. subsp. 
stricta (Waldst. & 
Kit.) Hayek, Lactuca quercina L. var 
chaixii (Vill.) Guinochet 
& R. Vilmorin, comb. invalid. , Lactuca 
sagittata Waldst. & Kit., Lactucopsis 
altissima (M. Bieb.) 
Visiani., Mulgedium 
quercinum ((L.) C. 
Jeffrey.
 
 
Most common names applied to the 
basic species above fit this subspecies.
Lactuca saligna L. 
SYNONYM(S) :   Lactuca 
caucasica C. Koch
CZECH :   Locika vrbová.
DANISH : Dværgsalat.
DUTCH : Wilgsla.
ENGLISH : Least lettuce (UK), Willowleaf 
lettuce (USA).
FRENCH : Laitue à feuilles de 
saule.
GERMAN : Weiden-Lattich.
GREEK :   Λακτούκη η ιτεόφυλλη   Laktouke e iteofylle.
ITALIAN : Lattuga salcigna, Lattùga salcigna. 
SERBIAN :   Bodaljac, Šilja, Šiljak.
SWEDISH : Videsallat.
 
Lactuca sativa L.
ARABIC :        الخس نبات      
CHINESE :   莴苣   Wo ju,   萵苣  Wo ju
(Taiwan),     生菜  Sheng cai.
CROATIAN :  Pitoma loćika,
Šalata.
CZECH :  Částech salátu, Dārza salāti, Dārza salātus, Hlávkový salát, Locika salát, Locika salátová, Salát.   
DANISH :    Havesalat, Salat .
DUTCH :     Bindsalade, Sla.   
ENGLISH :    Garden lettuce, Lettuce.
FINNISH :  Ruokasalaatti, Salaattii.
FRENCH :  Laitue, Laitue commune, Laitue cultivée. 
GERMAN :   Batavia Salat, Gartenlattich, Gartensalat, Grüner Salat, Kopfsalat,  Salat.  
GREEK :    Μαρούλι  Marouli (Cyprus).
HEBREW :  Chasa, Chasa tarbutit.    
HUNGARIAN :   Fejessaláta, Fejes saláta, Kerti saláta,  Leveles saláta, Salàta.
ITALIAN :  Insalata, Lattuga, Lattùga coltivata.   
JAPANESE :  チシャ   Chisha, レタス  Retasu.
NORWEGIAN :  Hagesalat.
PERSIAN :  Khas.
POLISH :   Sałata, Sałata siewna.     
PORTUGUESE :  Alface. 
RUSSIAN :     Салат  латук   Salat latuk.
SERBIAN :  Loćika, Marula, Pitoma loćika, Salata.
SLOVENIAN :  Virhovka, Vrtna
salata.
SPANISH :  Lechuga, Lattuga coltivata. 
SWEDISH :   Huvudsallat, Laktuk, Sallad, Sallat, Trädgårdssallat.
TAGALOG :  Letsugas.
VIETNAMESE :  Salàt.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Angustana Group)
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca angustana hort. ex Vilmorin,  Lactuca sativa L. var. angustana hort. ex L. H. 
Bailey, Lactuca sativa var. angustana L. H. 
Bailey,  
Lactuca sativa L. var. angustana  Irish ex Bremer, Lactuca sativa L. var. asparagina L. ,  Lactuca sativa L.  var. asparagina L. H. Bailey,  Lactuca sativa L. var. integrifolia Bisch. ex Stankov & Taliev
CHINESE :     大葉萵苣 Da ye wo ju,  Jing wo ju,  莖用萵苣   Jing yong wo ju,  Nen jing wo ju,   莴笋  Wo sun.  
CZECH :  Salát chřestový.  
DANISH :   Aspargessalat.
DUTCH :    Aspergesla . 
ENGLISH :  Asparagus lettuce,  Celtuce.
FINNISH :  Parsasalaatti .  
FRENCH :  Laitue asperge, Laitue-céleri, Laitue de Chine.
GERMAN :   Spargelsalat, Spargel-Salat.
GREEK :   Awaiting feedback.
HUNGARIAN :  Awaiting feedback.
ICELANDIC :  Stöngulsalat.
ITALIAN :  Cicoria asparago,  Cicoria di catalogna.
JAPANESE :   カキチシャ   Kaki chisha,  ステムレタス   Sutemuretasu,    茎レタス.
NORWEGIAN :  Aspargessalat .
POLISH :  Sałata łodygowa,  Sałata szparagowa.  
PORTUGUESE :  Alface aspargo.  
RUSSIAN :   Салат спаржебый   Salat sparzhebyi  (Salat sparžebyj).  
SERBIAN :   Špargla salata.
SPANISH :  Lechuga espárrago (Argentina).
SWEDISH :  Sparrissallat.  
Lactuca sativa L.  (Angustana Group) (Stem type)
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca angustana hort., Lactuca sativa L.  (Stem type)
CZECH :  Salát chřestový.
ENGLISH :  Celtuce, Chinese stem-lettuce.
FRENCH :  Laitue asperge.
GERMAN :  Spargelsalat 'Celtus'.
POLISH :  Sałata szparagowa, Salat stiebielnyj.  
Photograh by Hong Kong St. Pauls Co-educational College students in Hong Kong market.
Types :  Broad-dull-leaved, Broad-glossy-leaved, Narrow-dull-leaved, Red-leaved.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Angustana Group) (Leaf type)
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca sativa L.  (Leaf  type)
CHINESE :  油麦菜  You mai cai  (yóumàicài).  
ENGLISH :  Chinese leaf-lettuce.
Photograph of leaves by Hong Kong St. Pauls Co-educational College students in Hong Kong market.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Capitata Group)
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca sativa L.  (Cabbage Lettuce Group), Lactuca sativa L. (Head Lettuce Group) ,  Lactuca sativa L. subsp. capitata (L.) Alef,   Lactuca sativa L. var. capitata L.
AFRIKAANS :  Kropslaai.
CHINESE :     结球莴苣  Jie qiu wo ju, Juan xin wo ju.
CROATIAN :  Glavata salata, Glavatica, Salata glavata. 
CZECH :  Letní salát, Salát hlávkový.
DANISH :    Hovedsalat, Issalat  .
DUTCH :     Kropsla.   
ENGLISH :   Cabbage lettuce,   Head lettuce, Heading lettuce, Iceberg lettuce.
FINNISH :  Jääsalaatti, Keräsalaatti.  
FRENCH :  Batavia, Laitue pommée, Salade pommée.
GERMAN :    Bataviasalat, Eissalat , Grüner Eissalat , Grüner Salat,  Häuptelsalat, Häuptlsalat, Häuptel-Salat, Kopfsalat, Kopf-salat . 
GREEK :  Marouli,  Kεφαλωτό μαρούλι    Kefaloto marouli (Cyprus). 
HUNGARIAN :  Fejes saláta, Fejes salàta.
ICELANDIC :  Höfuðsalat.
ITALIAN :   Lattuga a cappuccio, Lattuga cappuccio, Lattughe a cappuccio.
JAPANESE :   タマチシャ  Tama chisha,       結球性レタス .
NORWEGIAN :  Hodesalat, Issalat  .
PERSIAN :   Awaiting feedback.    
POLISH :  Sałata głowiasta. 
PORTUGUESE :  Alface-de-cabeça (Brazil), Alface-repolhuda.
RUSSIAN :   Кочанный салат   Kochannyi salat, Кочаный салат  Kochanyi salat.  
SERBIAN :    Glavata salata, Glavatica,
Glavičasta salata, Glavična salata. 
SLOVENIAN :   Glavnata solata.   
SPANISH :  Lechuga arrepollada, Lechuga de repollo (Cuba), Lechuga manteca (Uruguay). 
SWEDISH :  Huvudsallat,Isbergssallat.
THAI :  Awaiting feedback.   
TURKISH :  Baş salata.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Capitata Group) (Butterhead type)
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca sativa L. (Butterhead Group) 
CZECH :   Máslový salát.
ENGLISH :  Bibb lettuce (USA), Boston lettuce (USA), Butterhead lettuce, Butter lettuce.
FRENCH :  Batavia, Gotte, Laitue beurre, Laitue grasse, Laitue pommée, Laitue pommée d'été, Laitue pommée de printemps, Salade pommée.
GERMAN :   Buttersalat, Butter-Salat, Kopfsalat.
RUSSIAN :   Салат кочаный    Salat kochanyi,   Кочаный салат  Kochanyi salat,  Лактук кочаный   Laktuk kochanyi  (Laktuk kočanyj).
SERBIAN :   Buter salata, Puterica , Puter-salata.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Capitata Group) (Crisphead type)
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca sativa L. (Crisphead Group), Lactuca sativa L. (Iceberg type)
CHINESE :  皱叶莴苣  Zhou ye wo ju.
CZECH :  Letový salát.
DANISH : Iceberg-salat, Issalat.
ENGLISH :   Crisp lettuce, Crisphead lettuce, Iceberg lettuce.
FINNISH :     Isbergssallat,   Jäävuorisalaatti.
FRENCH :   Laitue 
pommée, Laitue 
pommée frisée.
 JAPANESE :   チリメンチシャ  Chirimen chisha.   
GERMAN :  Eissalat, Krachsalat.
HUNGARIAN : Jégsaláta. 
SERBIAN :  Prajzerica ,
Prajzer-salata.
SWEDISH :  Isbergssallat.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Capitata Group) (Crisphead type) 'Red Iceberg'
PORTUGUESE :  Alface repolhuda   'Red Iceberg'.
Photograph at Kokopelli Seed Foundation.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Crispa Group)
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca crispa (L.) DC., Lactuca sativa L. (Cutting Group),  Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa L.
AFRIKAANS :  Snijslaai.
CHINESE :   San ye wo ju,   皱叶莴苣    Zhou ye wo ju, Wu tou wo ju.
CROATIAN :   Nagrišpana loćika.
CZECH :  Salát listový.      
DANISH :    Pluksalat .
DUTCH :     Bladsla,  Krulsla (Belgium), Pluksla, Snijsla.
ENGLISH :   Curled lettuce, Cut lettuce, Cutting lettuce, Leaf lettuce, Loose-leaved lettuce, Vietnamese lettuce.
FINNISH :  Lehtisalaatti .
FRENCH :  Laitue à couper, Laitue frisée.
GERMAN :   Blattsalat, Eichblattsalat, Eichlaubsalat,  Pflücksalat,  Schnittsalat.
GREEK :   Awaiting feedback.
HEBREW :  Chasat alim ?
HUNGARIAN :  Awaiting feedback.
ICELANDIC :  Blaðsalat.
ITALIAN :  Lattuga da taglio, Lattughetta, Lattughino da taglio.
JAPANESE :     チリメンチシャ  Chirimen chisha,  Kaki-chisha.
NORWEGIAN :  Bladsalat, Pluksalat.
PERSIAN :  Khas.
POLISH :   Sałata liściowa.
 
PORTUGUESE :  Alface-crespa.
RUSSIAN :   Листовой салат   Listovoi salat,  Срывной салат   Sryvnoi salat.
SERBIAN :  Kovrdžasta salata.   
SLOVENIAN :  Kravžasta salata.    
SPANISH :  Lechuga acogollada, Lechuga cabeza crespa
(Uruguay), Lechuga de hoja (Cuba), Lechuga de cortar (Argentina),
Lechuga para cortar, Lechuga rizada, Lechuguino.
SWEDISH :  Bladsallat, Plocksallat.
THAI :  Awaiting feedback.     
TURKISH :  Kıvırcık salata.
 
Lactuca sativa L.  (Acephala Group)
SYNONYM(S) :   Lactuca sativa L.  (Acephala Group), Lactuca sativa L. var. foliosa Brehmer, Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa L. f. rugosa hort. , Lactuca sativa L. subsp. secalina Alef. var. acephala Alef. 
CHINESE :  皱叶莴苣    Zhou ye wo ju.
CROATIAN :    Lisnata salata.
ENGLISH :  Batavian lettuce, Crinkled leaf lettuce, Loose-headed lettuce, Non-heading cut lettuce, Wrinkle-leaved lettuce.
FRENCH :  Laitue à couper à feuilles gaufrées, Laitue grasse.
GERMAN :  Pflücksalat, Pflücksalate,   Pflücksalat, Pflück-Salat,  Schnittsalat 
gelber krauser.
JAPANESE :  Chirimen jisha,  サニーレタス   Sanii retasu,   リーフレタス Riifu retasu,    葉レタス.
SERBIAN :  Američka ledena ili kruta
salata , Lisnata salata.
Not many authors
distinguish between various "cut lettuces". Often this type / group is
listed with either the Secalina Group or even the Crispa Group.
'Gallega' which may belong to this group or the Secalina Group is
singled out due to its parentage that would involve a plant of 
the Angustana Group.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Secalina Group)
SYNONYM(S) :   Lactuca laciniata Roth,  Lactuca sativa L.  (Secalina Group),  Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa L. convar. secalina 
Alef. ,  Lactuca sativa L. var. secalina Alef,  Lactuca sativa subsp. acephala Alef.  Var.-Gr. secalina  
Alef.,  
CHINESE :   Chang ye bu bao xin wo ju.
CROATIAN :    Lisnata salata.
CZECH :  Listový salát.
ENGLISH :  Criolla lettuce, Italian lettuce, Italian leaf
lettuce, Latin lettuce, South American lettuce, Tall leaf lettuce.
FINNISH :  Punalehtinen tammenlehtisalaatti,  Tammenlehtisalaatti, Tammenlehti-salaatti.
GERMAN :   Eichblattsalat, Eichlaubsalat,  Pflücksalat, Pflücksalate,   Pflücksalat, Pflück-Salat, Schnittsalate, Schnittsalat 
gelber runder.
ITALIAN :  Lattuga da taglio.
POLISH :  Salata lisciowa, Salata lisciowa kulista.
RUSSIAN :   Салат листовой   Salat listovoi. 
SWEDISH :  Ekbladsallat.
Types :  Lollo Bionda, Lollo Rossa, Oak-leaf, Rabbit ear, Deer tongue, etc.
'Gallega' which may belong to
this group or the Acephala Group is singled out due to its parentage
that would involve a plant of  the Angustana Group.
Lactuca sativa L. (Secalina Group)  'Lollo Rossa'
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca sativa L. (Crispa Group)  'Lollo Rossa'
ENGLISH :   Laitue italienne 'Lollo Rossa'.
FINNISH :   Bataviasalaatti ‘Lollo Rossa' ,  Keräsalaatti ‘Lollo Rossa’.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Longifolia Group)
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca sativa L.  (Cos Group),  Lactuca sativa L. (Romaine Lettuce Group), Lactuca romana Garsault,  Lactuca sativa L. subsp. acephala Var.-Gr. 
longifolia (Lam.) Alef.,  Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa Hegi, non L., nom. illeg. Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia 
Lam., Lactuca sativa var. longifolia (Lam.) Hegi,  Lactuca sativa L. var. romana (Garsault) Hort. ex 
L.H. Bailey
AFRIKAANS :  Romeins slaai.
CHINESE :   Zhi li wo ju.  
CROATIAN :    Dugolisna čestoslavica, Loćika, Salata dugolisna.
CZECH :   Locika dlouholistá, Salát římský , Letní  endivie.
DANISH :  Bindsalat, Romersk salat .
DUTCH :   Bindsla, Romeinse sla, Roomse latuw.  
ENGLISH : Cos lettuce, Romaine lettuce.
FINNISH :  Roomansalaatti, Sidesalaatti.  
FRENCH :  Laitue lombarde, Laitue romaine, Romaine.
GERMAN :  Bindesalat, Koch-Salat (Austria), Lattich (Switzerland), Romana 
Salat, Römischer Salat, Sommerendivie.
GREEK :  Μαρούλι   Marouli (Cyprus), Μαρούλι Ρώμης   Marouli Romes.
HEBREW :  Chasa romit.
HUNGARIAN :  Awaiting feedback.
ICELANDIC :  Rómverskt salat.
ITALIAN :  Lattuga romana, Lattughe romane. 
JAPANESE :    コスレタス   Kosu retasu,  ロメイン   Romin,  ロメインレタス   Romin retasu,  タチチシャ   Tachi chisha,  立ちレタス .
MACEDONIAN :   Marula, Marulka.
NORWEGIAN :    Bindsalat, Romersalat.
POLISH :  Salata rzymska, Sałata rzymska.
PORTUGUESE :  Alface-romana, Alface-orelha-de-mula.
RUSSIAN :   Римский лактук   Rimskii laktuk,   Салат Ромен Salat romen,  Салат римский Salat rimskii,  Салат ромйон   Salat romion. 
SERBIAN :  Cos-varijeteti,  Loćika, Rimska salata.
SLOVENIAN :    Solata vezivka.
SPANISH :  Lechuga romana.
SWEDISH :  Bindsallat ,  Romersk sallat.
TAGALOG :  Letsugas.
TURKISH :  Marul.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Quercifolia Group)
ENGLISH :  Cultivated oakleaf lettuce, Cultivated oak-leaved lettuce.
FRENCH :  Laitue à couper à feuilles de chêne, Laitue cultivée à feuilles de chêne,  Laitue feuille de chêne.
Lactuca sativa L.  (Quercifolia Group) 'Radichetta'
SYNONYM(S) :   Lactuca sativa L. (Quercina Group) 'Cressonnette du Maroc'
ENGLISH :  Italian oakleaf lettuce 'Radichetta'.
FRENCH :  Cressonnette marocaine, Laitue à couper à feuilles de
chêne, Laitue à couper 'Cressonnette du Maroc',  Laitue feuille de
chêne.
ITALIAN :  Lattuga 'Catalogna', Lattuga 'Cerbiatta', Lattuga 'Radichetta'.
Photograph at Kokopelli Seed Foundation.
Photograph at  La Société des Plantes.
 
Lactuca serriola 
L.
SYNONYM(S) :   Lactuca augustana All.,  Lactuca 
officinarum Crantz,  Lactuca 
palmata Willd.,  Lactuca sativa L. subsp. acephala Alef. Var.-Gr. silvestris 
Alef.,  Lactuca scariola L., Lactuca serriola Torn. ex L., Lactuca sylvestris Lam., 
Lactuca 
sylvestris Bubani , non Lam. nom.illeg. 
ARABIC :  Awaiting feedback.
ARMENIAN :  Awaiting feedback.
CHINESE :  Awaiting feedback.
CROATIAN :   Divja loćika, Divja salata, Loćičina, Rdobrad,
Rdobrada.
CZECH :   Locika kompasová.
DANISH :    Tornet salat .
DUTCH :     Kompassla, Wilde sla,  Wilde latuw.   
ENGLISH :   Prickly lettuce, Wild lettuce.
FINNISH :  Piikkisalaatti.
FRENCH :  Laitue scariole , Laitue sauvage, Laitue serriole, Scariole.  
GERMAN :   Kompaßlattich,  Kompass-Lattich,  Stachelsalat ,  Stachellatich,  Stachel-Lattich ,  Wilder Lattich.
GREEK :  Αγριομάρουλο,  Λακτούκη η πριονόφυλλη   Laktouke e prionofylle.   
HUNGARIAN :  
Keszegsaláta, Keszeg 
saláta.
ITALIAN :  Endivia selvatica, Erba 
bùssola, Lattuga lattona, Lattuga selvatica, Lattùga selvatica, Scarola, Scaròla,  Scariola.
JAPANESE :   ラクツカ  ・  セリオラ    Rakutsuka seriora,  トゲチシャ   Toge chisha.
NORWEGIAN :  Taggsalat.
PERSIAN :  Awaiting feedback.
POLISH :   Salata kompasowa.
PORTUGUESE :  Alface-brava-menor.
RUSSIAN :   Лактук  дикий   Laktuk dikii,  Лактук  компасный   Laktuk kompasnyi.
SERBIAN :   Divlja salata,
Žućanica, Žućenica, Šumska salata.
SPANISH :   Escarola, Lechuga espinaca, Lechuga espinosa, Lechuga larga, Lechuga silvestre.
SWEDISH :  Taggsallat .
Photograph by Pasquale Viggiani.
Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim.
SYNONYM(S) :  Sonchus sibiricus L.
ENGLISH :  Siberian 
lettuce.
FRENCH :  Laitue sauvage de Siberie.
RUSSIAN :  Салат сибирский  Salat sibirskii.
Lactuca taraxacifolia (Willd.) Schum. et Thonn.
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca taraxacifolia 
Chalk.
FRENCH :  Laitue à feuilles de pissenlit.
JAPANESE :   ラクツカ  ・  タラクサキフォリア     Rakutsuka tarakusakiforia.
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey.
ENGLISH :  Blue lettuce, Chicory lettuce.
FRENCH :  Laitue de Tartarie.
RUSSIAN :  Латук татарский  Latuk tatarskii.
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins
SYNONYM(S) :  Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt., Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC., Sonchus pulchellus Pursh
ENGLISH :  Blue lettuce, Russian blue lettuce.
FRENCH :  Laitue bleue.
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. tatarica
SYNONYM(S) :   Lagedium tataricum (L.) Soják, Mulgedium tataricum (L.) DC.,  Sonchus tataricus L.
 
Lactuca tenerrima 
Pourr.
SYNONYM(S) :  Cicerbita  tenerrima Beauverd  
FRENCH :  Laitue 
délicate.
Lactuca viminea (L.) 
J. et C. Presl
CROATIAN :  Kostriš.
CZECH :   Locika prutnatá.
FRENCH :  Laitue à rameaux d’osier, Laitue des vignes, Laitue effilée, Laitue osier.
ITALIAN :  Lattuga alata.
SERBIAN :   Kostriš.
Photograph 
at Le Erbe commestibili dell'Etna.
Lactuca viminea (L.) 
J. et C. Presl  subsp. chondrilliflora (Boreau) Bonnier 
CZECH :   Locika prutnatá.
Lactuca viminea (L.) 
J. et C. Presl subsp. viminea
CZECH :  Locika prutnatá.
Lactuca 
virosa L. 
SYNONYM(S) : Lactuca 
agrestis Bubani , nom. illeg., 
Lactuca 
ambigua Schrader  
CROATIAN :  Divlja salata, Otrovna loćika.
CZECH :  Locika jedovatá.
DANISH :  Giftsalat, Giftig salat, Stinksalat.
DUTCH : Giftsla
ENGLISH :   Acrid lettuce, Bitter lettuce,  Butter lettuce  (as weed), Garden lettuce (as weed), Great lettuce  (as weed), 
Hemlock lettuce, Opium lettuce, Poison lettuce, Prickly lettuce, Wild lettuce.
FINNISH : Rohtosalaatti.
FRENCH : Laitue vireuse.
GERMAN :   Giftlattich,  Gift-Lattich, Weiden-Lattich.
GREEK :  Λακτούκη η τοξική   Laktouke e toxike.
HUNGARIAN :   Mérges saláta.
ITALIAN : Lattuga velenosa, Lattùga velenosa.
JAPANESE :    ラクツカ  ・  ビロサ    Rakutsuka birosa,   トゲハニガナ   Toge hanigana.
POLISH :  Salata jadowita.
PORTUGUESE : Alface brava maior.
RUSSIAN :    Ядовитый латук  Iadovityi latuk,    Индийский салат   Indiiiskii salat,  Латук ядовитый   Latuk iadovityi.
SERBIAN :   Divlja salata, Otrovna salata, Otrovnica gorska.
SLOVENIAN :   Lajnež, 
Smrdljiva salata, Smrdljivac, Strupena ločika.
SPANISH : Lactuario, Lechuga silvestre, 
Lechuga venenosa, Lechuga virosa, Lechuguilla.
SWEDISH : 
Giftsallat.
Botanical drawing, 
description (French) and photograph of leaves at Wikipédia.
Lactuca virosa L. var. virosa
 
 
HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / 
COLLECTION OF RECORDS
Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Lactuca Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name 
Database   (M.M.P.N.D)  - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. 
Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
< 
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Lactuca.html > (2005).
 
 
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Contributors to this page (Personal 
communication) :  Angela 
Drenovac, Gustav Nordentoft.
The above records are just preliminary, much checking remains to be done especially within the badly defined cultivated groups.  
We think that the term 'crispa' is a little misleading for a group
name. Within that group are cut-leaved in a general sense, oak-leaved,
curly-leaved, and "batavias". Oak-leaved lettuces we would like to
call  "quercifolia"), the curly type is aptly named
"crispa",  and those looking like cabbage lettuces but not forming
a head which appear to be named "Batavias" in Europe and ought to be
named "acephala" drawing a parallel with cabbage shapes. Then there is
the odd name "secalina" used apparently mostly by German taxonomists
applying to what type exactly ? We welcome feed back on all those group
names.
Other wild species that we may cover later if requested to do so.
Lactuca aculeata Boiss. et Ky.
Lactuca 
altaica 
Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
Lactuca 
biennis 
(Moench) Fernald
  
Lactuca 
bracteata Hook. f. & Thomson ex C. B. 
Clarke
  
Lactuca 
canadensis L.
Lactuca capensis 
Thunb.
Lactuca 
dissecta 
D. Don
Lactuca 
dolichophylla Kitam.
Lactuca 
dregeana 
DC.
Lactuca 
graciliflora DC.
Lactuca 
hirsuta 
Muhl. ex Nutt.
Lactuca 
lessertiana (DC.) C. B. Clarke
Lactuca longifolia DC.   
->   Lactuca dolichophylla Kitam.
Lactuca 
livida 
Boiss. & Reut.
Lactuca 
orientalis (Boiss.) Boiss.
Lactuca 
raddeana 
Maxim.
Lactuca 
scarioloides Boiss.
Lactuca 
undulata 
Ledeb.
 
 
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