Acrid lettuce vs black-calabash

Lactuca virosa compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• Acrid lettuce is Not Evaluated while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Acrid lettuce	black-calabash
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Lactuca	Amphitecna
Species	Lactuca virosa	Amphitecna latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Acrid lettuce and black-calabash share a common ancestor at the Class level: Magnoliopsida. (Dicots)

Conservation Status

Acrid lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Acrid lettuce	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Acrid lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Acrid lettuce

The Acrid lettuce (Lactuca virosa) is a species in the genus Lactuca. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions, found across Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, and Czech Republic.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.