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June 2025

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Lepidium africanum DC.

This species name was first published in Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 2: 552. 1821 [late May 1821]  

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-0000358544.

Synonyms of Lepidium africanum DC.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lepidium hyssopifolium Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 164 (1815) wfo-0000358270
Lepidium iberioides Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 165 (1815) wfo-0000358317
Thlaspi africanum Burm.f. Fl. Indica , Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 17 (1768) wfo-0000410920
Lepidium ambiguum F.Muell. Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 34. 1855 wfo-0001037784
Lepidium dubium Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 311 (1906) wfo-0001037785
Lepidium tasmanicum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 309 (1906) wfo-0001037786
Lepidium divaricatum Atton Fl. Congo Belge 2: 526 1951 wfo-0001216656
Lepidium africanum subsp. africanum DC. wfo-0001217090