Taxon:  Lactuca sativa L. var. angustana Irish (Lactuca sativa Stalk (or Asparagus) Lettuce Group)



Summary
Genus:
Lactuca
Section:
Lactuca
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Subtribe:
Lactucinae
Nomen number:
404620
Place of publication:
L. H. Bailey, Cycl. Amer. hort. 2:867.  1900
Comment:
  • [or L. sativa Stalk (or Asparagus) Lettuce Group]
  • Bailey created an isonym in Gentes Herbarum 1:49. 1920, but it has no nomenclatural standing
Verified:
02/23/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (8  active, 8  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Lactuca sativa L. (1287 active accession[s])
Lactuca sativa L. var. capitata L. (4 active accession[s])
Lactuca sativa L. var. crispa L. (0 active accession[s])
Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia Lam. (3 active accession[s])
Lactuca sativa L. var. sativa (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lactuca angustana Hort. ex Vilm., nom. inval.
Lactuca sativa L. var. asparagina L. H. Bailey

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Bailey, L. H. 1920. A collection of plants in China. Gentes Herbarum 1:49.
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 4:2060. Note: treats as Lactuca sativa Stalk Group
  5. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Lactuca sativa var. asparagina
  6. Křístková, E. et al. 2008. Description of morphological characters of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) genetic resources. Hort. Sci. 35:113-129. Note: Not in BPH
  7. Lebeda, A. et al. 2004. Geographical distribution of wild Lactuca species (Asteraceae, Lactuceae). Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70:328-356
  8. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:188. Note: treats as Lactuca sativa Stem Lettuce Group
  11. Vries, I. M. de. 1997. Origin and domestication of Lactuca sativa L. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:166. Note: = Lactuca sativa Stalk Group
  12. Wani, M. S. et al. 2020. Chapter 1. Lactuca L.: world distribution and importance. In: Krüger, J., Lactuca: cultivation and uses 1-31.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English asparagus lettuce 1 Bailey, L. H. 1920. A collection of plants in China. Gentes Herbarum 1:49.
English celtuce as L. sativa var. asparagina 1 Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Lactuca sativa var. asparagina
English Chinese lettuce as L. sativa var. asparagina 1 Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Lactuca sativa var. asparagina
English stalk lettuce 1 Křístková, E. et al. 2008. Description of morphological characters of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) genetic resources. Hort. Sci. 35:113-129. Note: Not in BPH
English stem lettuce 1 Křístková, E. et al. 2008. Description of morphological characters of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) genetic resources. Hort. Sci. 35:113-129. Note: Not in BPH
French laitue-tige 2 Křístková, E. et al. 2008. Description of morphological characters of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) genetic resources. Hort. Sci. 35:113-129. Note: Not in BPH
German Spargelsalat 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Polish stengelsalat 2 Křístková, E. et al. 2008. Description of morphological characters of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) genetic resources. Hort. Sci. 35:113-129. Note: Not in BPH
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Human foodvegetableused as cooked vegetable, as Lactuca sativa var. asparaginaHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Lactuca sativa var. asparagina
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404620. Accessed 21 November 2024.