Lactuca palmensis

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|genus=Lactuca

|species=palmensis

|authority=BolleBonplandia 7: 298 (1859)

|synonyms=Cicerbita palmensis Beauverd

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Lactuca palmensis is a species of wild lettuce endemic to the Canary Islands.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:228158-1 |title=Lactuca palmensis Bolle |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=13 September 2020 }} DNA evidence shows that it is closely related to the African and European species of Lactuca, while the Azores endemic Lactuca watsoniana is more closely related to the North American lineage.{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s10528-018-9847-8 |title=Phylogeography of the Macaronesian Lettuce Species Lactuca palmensis and L. palmensis (Asteraceae) |year=2018 |last1=Dias |first1=Elisabete F. |last2=Kilian |first2=Norbert |last3=Silva |first3=Luís |last4=Schaefer |first4=Hanno |last5=Carine |first5=Mark |last6=Rudall |first6=Paula J. |last7=Santos-Guerra |first7=Arnoldo |last8=Moura |first8=Mónica |journal=Biochemical Genetics |volume=56 |issue=4 |pages=315–340 |pmid=29478137 |s2cid=3524756 }}