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Lepidium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 643 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000021089.

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Synonyms of Lepidium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lepidium virginicum var. durangense C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 8: 130 (1945) wfo-0001372938
Lepidium virginicum var. tepicense C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 8: 132 (1945) wfo-0001372939
Carara Medik. Pfl.-Gatt. 34–37, pl. 1, f. 4. 1792. wfo-4000006652
Cardamon Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2 16: 338. 1868. wfo-4000006661
Cardaria Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3(4): 163. 1814[1815]. wfo-4000006664
Cardiolepis Wallr. Sched. Crit. 340. 1822. wfo-4000006682
Conocardamum Webb Not located. — wfo-4000009148
Coronopus Zinn Cat. Pl. Hort. Gott. : 325 (1757) wfo-4000009357
Cotyliscus Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 164. 1815. wfo-4000009487
Cynocardamum Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 1): 96 (1836) wfo-4000010402
Dileptium Raf. Fl. Ludov. 85–86. 1817. wfo-4000011731
Discovium Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 96 (1819) wfo-4000012157
Hymenophysa C.A.Mey. Icon. Pl. 2: 20. 1830[1830]. wfo-4000018688
Jundzillia Andrz. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 529 (1821) wfo-4000019674
Lasioptera Andrz. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 534 (1821) wfo-4000020677
Lepia Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 166 (1815) wfo-4000021060
Lepicochlea Rojas Acosta Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 28: 165 (1918) wfo-4000021068
Lepidiberis Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 338 (1868) wfo-4000021088
Monoploca Bunge Pl. Preiss. 1(2): 259. 1844-1845[1845]. (9-11 Feb 1845) wfo-4000024731
Nasturtiastrum Gillet & Magne Nouv. Fl. Franc$. 39. 1863. wfo-4000025363
Nasturtioides Medik. Pflanzen-Gatt. 81. 1792. wfo-4000025365
Nasturtiolum Medik. Pflanzen-Gatt. 82. 1792. wfo-4000025366
Neolepia W.A.Weber Phytologia 67(6): 427. 1989. (29 Dec 1989) wfo-4000025739
Papuzilla Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. ser. 2. 9: 17. 1916. wfo-4000027957
Physolepidion Schrenk Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 97. 1841. wfo-4000029554
Semetum Raf. Autik. Bot. : 17 (1840) wfo-4000035027
Senckenbergia G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 2: 413, 433. 1800. wfo-4000035051
Senebiera DC. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1799: 140 (1799) wfo-4000035057
Sprengeria Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1(14): 198–199. 1906. wfo-4000036190
Stroganowia Kar. & Kir. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 386 (1841) wfo-4000036905
Stubendorffia Schrenk ex Fisch. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 9(Suppl.): 20 (1844) wfo-4000036961
Uranodactylus Gilli Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 61: 209. 1959. wfo-4000039793
Winklera Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 617 (1886) wfo-4000040768
Eudistemon Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 219 (1830) wfo-4000043685
Iberis Hill Brit. Herb. : 262 (1756) wfo-4000043691
Lepidion St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 129 (1880) wfo-4000043696
Nasturtium Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000043706

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Lepidium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium acutidens var. cornigerum Jeps. Fl. Calif. [Jepson] 2: 89. 1936 wfo-0001393609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium aletes var. aletes – – — wfo-1200109126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium angulosum d'Urv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 334 (1822) wfo-0000358538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium apetalos Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 54. 1782 wfo-0000358554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium australe Kirk Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 381 (1882) wfo-0000358569
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium austrinum var. conspicuiflorum Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 309. 1912 wfo-0001393611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium babylonicum Aucher ex Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 158 (1906) wfo-0000358570
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium banksii var. ovatum Kirk Stud. Fl. New Zealand 35. 1899 [May-Jul 1899] wfo-0001398724
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium bipinnatifolium Desv. – — wfo-0001216563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium bonariense f. reductum Thell. ex O.E.Schulz Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 465. 1928 wfo-0001325106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium bonariense f. subsagittulatum Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 302. 1914 wfo-0001325105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium bonariense var. dillenianum Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 301. 1914 wfo-0001393612
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium bonariense var. normale Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 302. 1914 wfo-0001393613
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium bonariense var. suborbiculatum Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 303. 1914 wfo-0001393614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium brownii A.Heller – — wfo-0001216564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium bupleurifolium H.Lév. Monde Pl. 19: 8 (1918) wfo-0000358449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium calycinum var. macrocarpum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 244 (1906) wfo-0001393615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium candollei Desv. J. Bot. Agric. 3: 165 (1815) wfo-0000358287
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium capitatum var. chinense Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41: 134 1906 — wfo-0001218341
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium chichieara Desv. – — wfo-0001216565
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium chinense Stokes – — wfo-1000075670
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium chlorifolium Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 865 (1825) wfo-0000358310
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium claudii Sennen & Elias Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 25: 116 (1926) wfo-0000358311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium colombianum Al-Shehbaz Phytotaxa 689(2): 291 (2025) wfo-1000078532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium corsicum Gay ex Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 156 (1906) wfo-0000358315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium densiflorum var. pubecaule Thell. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 4: 706. 1904 wfo-0001393616
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium densiflorum var. retrohispidum Thell. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 4: 706. 1904 wfo-0001393617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium densiflorum var. typicum Thell. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 4: 706. 1904 wfo-0001393618
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium dentatum M.Bieb. ex Georgi Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich 3(4): 1021 (1800) wfo-0000358280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium descemetri Rayneval Bull. Soc. Bot. France 2: 738 (1855) wfo-0000358290
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium dictyotum var. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 3: 295. 1936 wfo-0001393619
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium diffusum DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 554 (1821) wfo-0000358258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium divaricatum var. subdentatum (Burch.) Sond. – — wfo-0001316165
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium estebanii Sennen Diagn. Nouv. : 286 (1936) wfo-0000361303
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium fallax Ryves Watsonia 11: 371 (1977) wfo-0000361305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium fenestratum E.Mey. ex Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 129 (1860) wfo-0000361307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium flaccidum Roth ex Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 27(II): 309 (1854) wfo-0000360445
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium flavum var. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 3: 298. 1936 wfo-0001393620
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium fruticosum DC. Prodr. 1: 208 (1824) wfo-0000358246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium gerloffianum var. microcarpum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 260. 1906 wfo-0001393621
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium gobicum V.I.Dorof. Turczaninowia 22(4): 38. 2019 wfo-1000032981
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium gussonei Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1833: 4 (1833) wfo-0000358281
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium gussonei Schrad. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 27 (1840) wfo-0000358277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium heterophyllum subsp. smithii (Hook.) P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 2: 519. 2014 wfo-0001368426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium heterophyllum var. alatostylum Thell. Neue Denkschriften der Schweizerische Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 41(1) 1906 wfo-0001391294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hybridum J.Kern, B.Reichg. & Reichg. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 52: 76 (1942) wfo-0000358269
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium f. hyssopifolium – – wfo-0001326978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium f. intercedens Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001326979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium var. desvauxii (Thell.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001391308
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium var. epilosum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001391314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium var. gracilescens (Thell.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001391319
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium var. hyssopifolium – – wfo-0001391317
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium var. integerrimum Thell. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Z?rich 52 1907 wfo-0001391323
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium var. pseudotasmanicum (Thell.) Domin Beitr?ge zur Flora und Pflanzengeographiae Australiens 1926 = Bibliotheca Botanica Heft 89 (Jan. 1926) 155 wfo-0001391337
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium hyssopifolium var. tasmanicum (Thell.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001391340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium ibericum Schrad. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 3: 39 (1837) wfo-0000358272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium iberideum Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 1: 88 (1895) wfo-0000358326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium iberis Garsault Fig. Pl. Med. 3: t. 338. 1764, nom. inval., opus utique oppressum; Descr. Pl. Anim. 206. 1767; Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 792. wfo-0000358367
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium incisum Edgew. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 33 (1846) wfo-1000045365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium intermedium A.Gray – — wfo-1000075676
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium juilletii Sennen Monde Pl. 31(185): 29 (1930) wfo-0000358359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium kaji Post ex Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 51: 158 (1906) wfo-0000358361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium kirilovi Trautv. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 33(1): 131. 1860 — wfo-0001037557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium laciniatum Willd. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 532 (1821) wfo-0000358372
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium lasiocarpum var. pubescens Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 267. 1906 wfo-0001397730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium lasiocarpum var. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 3: 289. 1936 wfo-0001393624
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium lasiophyllum Brandegee Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 1: 207, sphalm. 1888 wfo-0001351692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium latifolium f. pubescens Kuusk Fl. Estonskoi SSR 5: 531. 1973 wfo-0001325973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium latifolium subsp. eu-latifolium Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 160. 1906 wfo-0001367400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium mendocinense (Hauman) Al-Shehbaz Phytotaxa 516(1): 112 ('medocinense') , fig. 1 (2021) wfo-1000027670
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium meyenii f. rhombicum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 203. 1906 wfo-0001325104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium meyenii f. rotundatum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 203. 1906 wfo-0001325103
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium micropetalum Steven ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 205 (1841) wfo-0000358325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium montanum subsp. tenellum (L.O.Williams) C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 10: 158. 1950 wfo-0001367401
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium montanum subsp. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 10: 157. 1950 wfo-0001367402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium montanum var. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 3: 302. 1936 wfo-0001393627
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium nasturtium L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb. 95 (1912), nomen. wfo-0001351693
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium nitidum var. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 3: 292. 1936 wfo-0001393628
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium oahuense Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. : 10 (1888) wfo-0000358351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium oblongum var. typicum C.L.Hitchc. Madroño 8: 125, tab. 16, fig. 15c, d. 1945 wfo-0001393629
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium obovatum Kit. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 27 (1840) wfo-0000358353
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium oleraceum var. acutidentatum Kirk Stud. Fl. New Zealand 35. 1899 [May-Jul 1899] wfo-0001398721
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium oleraceum var. frondosum Kirk Stud. Fl. New Zealand 35. 1899 [May-Jul 1899] wfo-0001398722
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium oleraceum var. serrulatum Thell. Lepidium 293. 1906 [Nov 1906] wfo-0001398723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium orbiculare H.St.John Phytologia 47: 371 (1981) wfo-0000358339
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium papillosum f. papillosum – – wfo-0001326984
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium papillosum f. purpureum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001326985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium papillosum var. apertilobum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001391397
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium papillosum var. normale Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1925 wfo-0001391402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium papillosum var. papillosum – – wfo-0001391404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium papillosum var. pubescens F.Muell. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7 1869 in obs. wfo-0001391407
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium parodii f. diviusculum Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 255. 1925 wfo-0001323889
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium parodii f. integriusculum Thell. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 255. 1925 wfo-0001323890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium peregrinum var. glabripes Thell. ex Hayw. & Druce The Adventive Flora of Tweedside 1919 wfo-0001391419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium philippianum var. typicum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 200. 1906 wfo-0001393630
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium pollichii Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 91 (1789) wfo-0000358732
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium pubecarpum A.Nelson – wfo-0001350193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium pubescens var. salinicola Speg. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 7: 226. 1902 wfo-0001393631
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium pubescens var. typica Speg. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 7: 226. 1902 wfo-0001393632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Lepidium quitense var. typicum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, Abh. 1: 213. 1906 wfo-0001393633