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Lactuca azerbaijanica Rech. f.

Nomenclature
The Plant List Lactuca azerbaijanica Rech. f.
GRIN Taxonomy Lactuca azerbaijanica Rech. f.
Cichorieae Portal Lactuca azerbaijanica Rech. f.
Tropicos Lactuca azerbaijanica Rech. f.


Native distribution
Asia Iran


Key features
Lettuce gene pool Primary relative
Chromosome number 2n = 18
EURISCO (Dec. 2017) 0 accessions


Morphological description
General Endemic species known up to date only from a single location in Iranian Azerbaijan. Morphologically closely related to L. scarioloides
Reference Zohary D. (1991) The wild genetic resources of cultivated lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Euphytica 53: 31-35