Lactuca sativa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 795. 1753.

"Habitat - - - - –” RCN: 5818.

Lectotype (Alavi in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 107: 403. 1983): Herb. Linn. No. 950.2 (LINN) .

Generitype of Lactuca Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 177. 1929).

Current name: Lactuca sativa L. ( Asteraceae).

Note: De Vries & Jarvis (in Taxon 36: 142. 1987) provided a detailed review of the original elements, illustrating many of them, including their chosen type (as f. 1), but they were unaware of Alavi’s earlier choice.