Pepperweed

(Lepidium apetalum)

galery

Description

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Lepidium (family Brassicaceae).The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 3: 439 1800.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Brassicales
Family:Brassicaceae
Genus:Lepidium
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