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Lettuce, Chicory, Dandelion and Salsify Tribe
Cichorieae
The Cichorieae (also called Lactuceae) are a tribe in the plant family Asteraceae that includes 93 genera, more than 1,600 sexually reproductive species and more than 7,000 apomictic species. They are found primarily in temperate regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. Cichorieae all have milky latex and flowerheads that only contain one type of floret. The genera Gundelia and Warionia only have disk florets, while all other genera only have ligulate florets. The genera that contain most...
11 branches of this tribe, most-observed first
dandelions, hawksbeards, and rattlesnake roots
subtribeCrepidinae
Hyoseridinae
subtribeHyoseridinae
hawkweeds
subtribeHieraciinae
Oxtongues, Hawkbits and Allies
subtribeHypochaeridinae
Lettuce subtribe
subtribeLactucinae
Microseridinae
subtribeMicroseridinae
Cichoriinae
subtribeCichoriinae
Scorzonerinae
subtribeScorzonerinae
Scolyminae
subtribeScolyminae
Chondrillinae
subtribeChondrillinae
Warioniinae
subtribeWarioniinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 359450.