Lepidium

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. It includes familiar species such as garden cress, maca, and dittander. General common names include peppercress, peppergrass, pepperweed, and pepperwort. Some species form tumbleweeds. The genus name Lepidium is from Greek 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.

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Lepidium is a genus of plants within the family Brassicaceae. It is classified under the order Brassicales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon is recognized as an accepted name with the authority L.

Specimen records for this genus are held by institutions including GH, IBUNAM, UAZ, FCF-UANL, and FC-UNAM. These records originate from Mexico, the United States, Chile, and Australia. The genus is associated with 1648 PubMed entries and 2209 iDigBio records, which include 1593 media files.

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Species

Genus

PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderBrassicales
FamilyBrassicaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South

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