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Lettuce

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Lettuce is an annual plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae, grown mainly as a leaf vegetable. Its leaves are eaten raw in green salads and used in sandwiches, wraps and soups, and can also be grilled. The stem and seeds are used more rarely, and the celtuce variety is grown specifically for its edible stem. Beyond its culinary role, lettuce carries religious and medicinal significance built up over centuries of cultivation. Once concentrated in Europe and North America, lettuce production spread worldwide over the twentieth century, and by 2023 world production reached about 28 million tonnes, with China responsible for over half of it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification

Diet

Parasitic 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Lactuca sativa 6

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 7

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Source Lettuce (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Wikidata: Lettuce

IntroductionView the Source

2. GBIF Species API

GBIF Species APIView the Source

3. Lettuce (Wikipedia)

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Lettuce was originally farmed by the ancient Egyptians, who transformed it from a plant whose seeds were used to obtain oil into an important food crop raised for its succulent leaves and oil-rich seeds.
Child Taxon Of: Asteraceae, Introduction
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is an annual plant of the family Asteraceae mostly grown as a leaf vegetable.

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Lactuca sativa

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asterales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

"cites_listing":"I/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asterales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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6. Wikipedia: Lettuce

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7. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Lactuca sativa

GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 7403263, category field

Quote, GBIF taxon key 7403263, category field

"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asteraceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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