Nabalus

White Lettuce
Nabalus alatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Nabalus
Cass.
Type species
Nabalus trifoliatus
Cass.

Nabalus is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the dandelion tribe within the daisy family.[1][2]

Nabalus is now considered the correct name for a group of plants in North America that were formerly considered to be members of Prenanthes, and were included in that genus in the Flora of North America treatment.[3] The common name for the genus is "White Lettuce", and reflects its close relationship to lettuce (Lactuca sativa) but having flowers that are whitish or purplish-white in some species. Many (perhaps all) of the species are monocarpic perennials, in which an individual plant may live for multiple years in a vegetative condition but then will die after flowering and fruiting.[4]

Species[5][6][7]
  1. Nabalus acerifolius Maxim - Japan
  2. Nabalus alatus Hook. - AK BC ALB WA OR IDMT
  3. Nabalus albus (L.) Hook. - SAS MAN ONT QUE USA (Great Lakes, Northeast, Appalachians)
  4. Nabalus altissimus (L.) Hook. MAN ONT QUE NB NS USA (Northeast, Southeast, South-central)
  5. Nabalus angustilobus (C.Shih) Sennikov - Sichuan
  6. Nabalus asperus (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray - USA (Great Plains, Mississippi Valley)
  7. Nabalus barbatus (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Heller - TX OK AR LA KY TN MS AL GA
  8. Nabalus boottii DC. - NY VT NH ME
  9. Nabalus crepidineus (Michx.) DC. - MN IA MO AR TN KY IL IN WI MI OH WV PA NY
  10. Nabalus faberi (Hemsl.) Sennikov - Guizhou, Sichuan
  11. Nabalus glaucus (Raf.) DC. - USA
  12. Nabalus leptanthus (C.Shih) Sennikov - Sichuan
  13. Nabalus mainensis (A.Gray) A.Heller - NY QUE ME NS NB
  14. Nabalus nipponicus Franch. & Sav. - Japan
  15. Nabalus ochroleucus Maxim. - Primorye, Jilin, Korea, Japan
  16. Nabalus pyramidalis (C.Shih) Sennikov - Sichuan
  17. Nabalus quercifolius Bertol.
  18. Nabalus racemiformis (C.Shih) Sennikov - Hebei
  19. Nabalus racemosus (Michx.) DC. - Canada, northern USA
  20. Nabalus roanensis Chickering - southern Appalachians (VA NC TN)
  21. Nabalus sagittatus (A.Gray) Rydb. - BC ALB ID MT
  22. Nabalus serpentarius Pursh (Hook) - eastern USA (MS + FL to NH)
  23. Nabalus tatarinowii (Maxim.) Nakai - China, Primorye, Korea
  24. Nabalus trifoliolatus Cass. - eastern North America (GA to ONT + LAB)

References

  1. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 34: 94-100 in French
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Nabalus Cass.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America FNA Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 264 Rattlesnakeroot, cankerweed, gall-of-the-earth, Prenanthes Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 797. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 349. 1754.
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 341 耳菊属 er ju shu Nabalus Cassini in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 34: 94. 1825.
  5. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Nabalus
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps