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Lepidium meyenii Walp.

This species name was first published in Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 249 (1843)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000358330.

Synonyms of Lepidium meyenii Walp.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lepidium gelidum Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 1: 283 (1864) wfo-0000358249
Lepidium weddellii O.E.Schulz Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 391 (1932) wfo-0000360828
Lepidium meyenii var. gelidum (Wedd.) Hosseus Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 101 (1921) wfo-0000367619
Lepidium meyenii subsp. gelidum (Wedd.) Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 203 (1906) wfo-0000367621
Lepidium meyenii var. affine Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 204 (1906) wfo-0000367622
Lepidium peruvianum G.Chacón Revista Peru. Biol. 3: 202 (1990) wfo-0000509715
Lepidium affine Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 1: 284 (1864) wfo-0001037752
Lepidium orbignyanum Wedd. not located wfo-0001037754
Lepidium meyenii subsp. affine Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 204. 1906 wfo-0001405455