Lactuca

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q578052
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Lactuca

Summary

Lactuca is a taxon[1]. Lactuca ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (520 views/month, #1,514 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lactuca's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lactuca is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Lactuca is classified within Cichorieae[5].
  • Lactuca's scientific name is Lactuca[6].
  • Lactuca's Commons category is recorded as Lactuca[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Lactuca is Lactuca sativa[8].
  • Lactuca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lactuca[9].
  • Lactuca's Commons gallery is recorded as Lactuca[10].
  • Lactuca's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[11].
  • Lactuca's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Lactuca's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 80(1)[13].
  • Lactuca's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • Lactuca's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Lactuca's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6451[16].
  • Lactuca's this taxon is source of is recorded as Lactucarium[17].
  • Lactuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lettuce'}[18].
  • Lactuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Sla'}[19].
  • Lactuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '莴苣属'}[20].
  • Lactuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '莴苣属'}[21].
  • Lactuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ločika'}[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lactuca is Lactuca[6]. Lactuca is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lactuca belongs to the parent taxon Cichorieae[5]. The taxonomic type of Lactuca is Lactuca sativa[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lettuce'}[18], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Sla'}[19], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '莴苣属'}[20], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '莴苣属'}[21], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ločika'}[22].

Identifiers

Lactuca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53106[23]. Lactuca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4235[24]. Lactuca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 59324[25]. Lactuca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3140231[26]. Lactuca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 36594[27].

Why It Matters

Lactuca ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (520 views/month, #1,514 of 195,241).[2] Lactuca has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Lactuca is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 80(1). wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of Lactucarium
    Taxonomic type Lactuca sativa
    Parent taxon Cichorieae
    Aliases
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550694905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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