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Brassicaceae
Lepidium

not marked as a favorite taxon Lepidium Linnaeus. Common name: Pepperwort, Peppergrass, Pepperweed.

Key to Lepidium

A genus of ca. 220 species, herbs, cosmopolitan. Al-Shehbaz, Mummenhof, & Appel (2002) discuss the inclusion of Cardaria and Coronopus in Lepidium.

section Lepidium: perfoliatum, graminifolium
section Cardamon: sativum
section Lepia: campestre
section Dileptium: austrinum, densiflorum, oblongum, virginicum ssp. virginicum
??: didymum, draba, ruderale, africanum, bonariense, lasiocarpum, schinzii, coronopus

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References: Al-Shehbaz (1986a); Al-Shehbaz (1986b); Al-Shehbaz & Gaskin (2010) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2010); Al-Shehbaz, Mummenhoff, & Appel (2002); Rollins (1993); Sell & Murrell (2014). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Lepidium© John Gwaltney | Lepidium campestre | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Lepidiumno rights reserved, uploaded by Diego Blanco | Lepidium perfoliatum source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Lepidium© Stan Gilliam | Lepidium campestre | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Lepidium© John Gwaltney | Lepidium campestre | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Lepidium© John Gwaltney | Lepidium campestre | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Lepidium© Zihao Wang, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Zihao Wang | Lepidium draba source | Original Image ⭷ Warning: was NOT research grade.
image #7 of Lepidium© Sam Kieschnick, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sam Kieschnick | Lepidium alyssoides source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Lepidium© Erik Danielson | Lepidium campestre source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Lepidium© Erik Danielson | Lepidium chalepense source | Original Image ⭷

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