Lepidium

Lepidium
Lepidium flavum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lepidium
L. (1753)
Species[1]

265, see text

Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Carara Medik. (1792)
  • Cardamon Fourr. (1868)
  • Cardaria Desv. (1815)
  • Cardiolepis Wallr. (1822)
  • Coronopus Zinn (1757)
  • Cotyliscus Desv. (1815)
  • Cynocardamum Webb & Berthel. (1836)
  • Cyphocardamum Hedge (1968)
  • Dileptium Raf. (1817)
  • Eudistemon Raf. (1830)
  • Hymenophysa C.A.Mey. (1831)
  • Iberis Hill (1756), nom. illeg.
  • Jundzillia Andrz. ex DC. (1821), not validly publ.
  • Lasioptera Andrz. ex DC. (1821)
  • Lepia Desv. (1815)
  • Lepicochlea Rojas (1918)
  • Lepidiberis Fourr. (1868)
  • Lepidion St.-Lag. (1880), orth. var.
  • Lithodraba Boelcke (1951)
  • Monoploca Bunge (1845)
  • Nasturtiastrum Gillet & Magne (1863)
  • Nasturtioides Medik. (1792)
  • Nasturtiolum Medik. (1792)
  • Nasturtium Mill. (1754), nom. rej.
  • Neolepia W.A.Weber (1989)
  • Papuzilla Ridl. (1916)
  • Physolepidion Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (1841)
  • Semetum Raf. (1840)
  • Senckenbergia G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. (1800)
  • Senebiera DC. (1799)
  • Sennebiera Willd. (1809)
  • Sprengeria Greene (1906)
  • Stroganowia Kar. & Kir. (1841)
  • Stubendorffia Schrenk ex Fisch. (1844)
  • Uranodactylus Gilli (1959)
  • Winklera Regel (1886)

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.[2] It includes familiar species such as garden cress, maca, and dittander. General common names include peppercress, peppergrass, pepperweed, and pepperwort. Some species form tumbleweeds.[3] The genus name Lepidium is a Greek word 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.[4]

  1. ^ a b Lepidium L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ Lepidium. Flora of North America.
  3. ^ Faulkner, H. W. (1917). The Mysteries of the Flowers. Frederick A. Stokes company. p. 238. page 210
  4. ^ Sia Morhardt and Emil Morhardt California Desert Flowers: An Introduction to Families, Genera, and Species , p. 101, at Google Books