Lepidium
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Lepidium is a genus of plants in the mustard/cabbage family, Brassicaceae. The genus is widely distributed in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.[1] It includes familiar species such as garden cress, maca, and dittander. General common names include peppercress, peppergrass, pepperweed, and pepperwort. Some species form tumbleweeds.[2] The genus name Lepidium is from Greek meaning 'small scale', which is thought to be derived from a folk medicine usage of the plant to treat leprosy, which cause small scales on the skin. Another meaning is related to the small scale-like fruit.[3]
Species
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- Lepidium africanum
- Lepidium amelum
- Lepidium amissum de Lange & HeenanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Waitakere scurvy grass (New Zealand); extinct
- Lepidium aretioides (Hedge) Al-ShehbazScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lepidium armoracia Fisch. & C.A. Mey. 1843Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lepidium apetalum Willd.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – du xing cai (Pinyin, China)[5]
- Lepidium arbuscula
- Lepidium aschersonii Thell.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – spiny peppercress
- Lepidium banksii
- Lepidium barnebyanum
- Lepidium biplicatum
- Lepidium bonariense – peppercress
- Lepidium campestre – field pepperwort, field cress
- Lepidium catapycnon
- Lepidium coronopus – swine cress
- Lepidium davisii – Davis' peppergrass[6]
- Lepidium densiflorum – common pepperweed
- Lepidium desvauxii – bushy peppercress
- Lepidium dictyotum
- Lepidium didymum
- Lepidium draba – hoary cress
- Lepidium drummondii
- Lepidium echinatum
- Lepidium ecuadoriense
- Lepidium englerianum
- Lepidium fasciculatum – bundled peppercress
- Lepidium flavum
- Lepidium flexicaule
- Lepidium foliosum – leafy peppercress
- Lepidium fremontii – desert pepperweed
- Lepidium genistoides
- Lepidium ginninderrense
- Lepidium graminifolium
- Lepidium howei-insulae – mustard & cress
- Lepidium hypenantion
- Lepidium hyssopifolium
- Lepidium heterophyllum – Smith's pepperwort, Smith's cress
- Lepidium jaredii – Jared's pepperweed
- Lepidium lasiocarpum
- Lepidium latifolium – pepperweed, dittander
- Lepidium latipes
- Lepidium lyratogynum
- Lepidium merrallii
- Lepidium medocinense (Hauman) Al-ShehbazScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lepidium meyenii (syn. L. peruvianum) – maca
- Lepidium monoplocoides – winged peppercress
- Lepidium montanum – western pepperweed, mountain pepperweed
- Lepidium nanum – dwarf pepperweed
- Lepidium nesophilum
- Lepidium nitidum – shining pepperweed
- Lepidium oblongum
- Lepidium oleraceum – Cook's scurvy grass (near extinct)
- Lepidium oxycarpum – forked pepperweed
- Lepidium oxytrichum
- Lepidium papilliferum – slickspot peppergrass
- Lepidium papillosum – warty peppercress
- Lepidium pedicellosum
- Lepidium peregrinum
- Lepidium perfoliatum
- Lepidium peruvianum
- Lepidium phlebopetalum
- Lepidium pholidogynum
- Lepidium pinnatifidum
- Lepidium platypetalum – slender peppercress
- Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium
- Lepidium pseudoruderale
- Lepidium pseudotasmanicum
- Lepidium puberulum
- Lepidium quitense
- Lepidium rotundum – veined peppercress
- Lepidium ruderale – narrow-leaved pepperwort
- Lepidium sagittulatum
- Lepidium sativum – garden cress
- Lepidium scandens
- Lepidium squamatum
- Lepidium strictum
- Lepidium thurberi – Thurber's peppergrass, Thurber's pepperweed
- Lepidium virginicum – Virginia peppercress
- Lepidium xylodes
See also
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References
External links
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- Species Profile: Hairy Whitetop (Lepidium appelianum). National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.
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- ↑ Lepidium. Flora of North America.
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