Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 796 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 348 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 680 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 277 [secondary reference]

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 3: 317 [secondary reference]

• Type: Lactuca sativa L.

Black, J.M. (1929), Bignoniaceae - Compositae. Flora of South Australia 4: 660 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin for lettuce; from lac, lactis, milk: alluding to the milky juice."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 941-942 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Latin for lettuce; from lac, lactis, milk: alluding to the milky juice."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 395 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 388 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 329 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 398 [secondary reference]

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Murray, L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lactuca. Flora of New South Wales 3: 339 [secondary reference]

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Anderberg, A.A., Baldwin, B.G., Bayer, R.G., Breitwieser, I., Jeffrey, C., Dillon, M.O., Eldenäs, P., Funk, V., Garcia-Jacas, N., Hind, D.J.N., Karis, P.O., Lack, H.W., Nesom, G., Nordenstam, B., Oberprieler, C., Panero, J.J., Puttock, C., Robinson, H., Stuessy, T.F., Susanna, A., Urtubey, E., Vogt, R., Ward, J. & Watson, L.E. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2007), Compositae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 8: 188, Fig. 45 [secondary reference]

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Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 463 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Lactuca. Flora of Australia 37: 115 [secondary reference]

common name: Lettuce [n/a]

• Etymology: "from the Latin lac (milk), alluding to the milky latex contained in these plants and other members of the Chicorieae (syn. Lactuceae)."

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