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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