Lactuceae

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Cicerbita blue sow-thistles	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Crepis hawk’s-beards	Genus	2 subtaxa	86 images
Hieracium hawkweeds	Genus	6 subtaxa	68 images	4 ident. refs
Hypochaeris cat’s-ears	Genus	3 subtaxa	30 images
Lactuca lettuces	Genus	4 subtaxa	30 images	3 ident. refs
Lapsana communis Nipplewort	Species	1 subtaxa	24 images
Leontodon hawkbits	Genus	2 subtaxa	59 images
Mycelis muralis Wall Lettuce	Species		11 images
Picris ox-tongues	Genus	2 subtaxa	52 images
Pilosella mouse-ear-hawkweeds	Genus	3 subtaxa	40 images
Scorzonera humilis Viper’s-grass	Species		20 images
Sonchus sow thistles	Genus	3 subtaxa	90 images
Taraxacum dandelions	Genus	1 subtaxa	16 images	2 ident. refs
Tragopogon salsifies and goat’s-beards	Genus	2 subtaxa	34 images

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Oswald, P.	2007	Common yellow-flowered ligulate composites	http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm
	Poland, J.	2005	Milk matters - the importance of latex in vegetative identification	BSBI News No 100: 21-22.

Lactuceae (“dandelions”) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASTERACEAE
(daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 551 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lactuceae (“dandelions”)

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Tribe	Lactuceae (“dandelions”)
Subfamily	LACTUCOIDEAE (“dandelions”)
Family	ASTERACEAE (daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite)
Order	ASTERALES (daisies, dandelions, thistles and bell flowers)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lactuceae
(“dandelions”)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lactuceae is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)