Lactuca_sibirica

<i>Lactuca sibirica</i>

Lactuca sibirica

Species of plant in the genus Lactuca

Lactuca sibirica, the Siberian lettuce, is a species of wild lettuce native to Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic states, Belarus, Ukraine, all parts of Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the northern half of China, the Korean peninsula, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, and Japan.[2] It is the host of the systemic rust fungi Puccinia minussensis, which propagates with it along its ramets, resulting in complex host-parasite interactions.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 19: 528 (1874)
  2. [2]
    "Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. [3]
    Wennström, Anders; Ericson, Lars; Elveland, Jan (1995). "The Dynamics of the Plant Lactuca sibirica and the Frequency of its Rust Puccinia minussensis in River Valleys in Northern Sweden". Oikos. 72 (2): 288–292. doi:10.2307/3546231. JSTOR 3546231.
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