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The genus Lepidium is in the family Brassicaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

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Species in Lepidium

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Lepidium abrotanifolium Turcz.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium acutidens (A. Gray) Howell	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium affghanum Boiss.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium affine Ledeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium africanum (Burm.f.) DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium alashanicum H.L.Yang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium aletes J.F. Macbr.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium altissimum Rchb. f.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium alyssoides A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium amplexicaule Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium angolense Jonsell	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium angustissimum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium apetalum Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium argentinum Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium armoracia Fisch. & C.A. Mey.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium aucheri Boiss.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium auriculatum Regel & Körn.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium barnebyanum Reveal	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium bidentatum Montin	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium bipinnatifidum Desv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium boelckeanum Prina	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium boelckei Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium bonariense L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium botschantsevianum Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium brachyotum (Kar. & Kir.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium bupleuroides Rchb. f.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium burkartii Boelcke	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium buschianum Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium campestre (L.) R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium capense Thunb.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium capitatum Hook. f. & Thomson	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium cardamines L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium cardiophyllum (Pavlov) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium cartilagineum (J.Mayer) Thell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium chichicara Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium cordatum Willd. ex Steven	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium coronopifolium Fisch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium coronopus (L.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium costaricense Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium crenatum (Greene) Rydb.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium cumingianum Fisch. & C.A. Mey.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium cuneiforme C.Y. Wu	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium curicoanum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium cyclocarpum Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium davisii Rollins	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium densiflorum Schrad.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium depressum Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium desvauxii Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium dictyotum A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium didymum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium draba L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium eastwoodiae Wooton	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium ecklonii Schrad.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium ecuadoriense Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium englerianum (Muschl.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium ferganense Korsh.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium filisegmentum C.L. Hitchc.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium flavum Torr.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium flexicaule Kirk	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium foliosum Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium fremontii S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium gracile (Chodat & Hassl.) Boelcke	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium graminifolium L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium heterophyllum Benth.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium hirtum (L.) Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium integrifolium Nutt.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium johnstonii C. Hitch.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium jujuyanum Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium kalenbornii C.L. Hitchc.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium karelinianum Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium kawarau Petrie	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium lacerum C.A. Mey.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium laeteviride (P. Royen) Hewson	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium lasiocarpum Nutt.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium latifolium L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium latipes Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium lepidioides (Coss. & Durieu) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium leptopetalum F. Muell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium linifolium Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium litwinowii (Lipsky) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium longifolium (Boiss.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium meyenii Walp.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium meyeri Claus	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium minor (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium minutiflorum (Ridl.) Hewson	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium monoplocoides F. Muell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium montanum Nutt.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium morrisonii C.L. Hitchc.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium mummenhoffianum Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium myrianthum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium nanum S. Watson	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium navasii (Pau) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium niloticum Sieber ex Steud.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium nitidum Nutt.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium oblongum Small	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium obtusum Basiner	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium oleraceum	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium oxycarpum Torr. & A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium paniculatum (Regel & Schmalh.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium papilliferum (L.F. Hend.) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium parodii Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium pedicellosum F. Mull.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium perfoliatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium persicum Boiss.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium philippianum (Kuntze) Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium phlebopetalum (F. Mull.) F. Mull.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium pinnatifidum Ledeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium pinnatisectum (O.E. Schulz) C.L. Hitchc.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium prumilum Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium pseudo-didymus Thell. ex Druce	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium pseudodidymum Thell. ex Druce	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium puberulum Bunge	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium pubescens Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium quitense Turcz.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium rahmeri Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium raimondii O.E. Schulz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium ramosissimum A. Nelson	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium rhytidocarpum (Hook.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium robustum (Pavlov) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium rotundum DC.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium ruderale L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium sagittatum (Kar. & Kir.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium sativum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium schaffneri Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium schinzii Thell.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium serratum (Poir.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium sisymbrioides Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium songaricum Schrenk	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium sordidum A. Gray	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium spathulatum Phil.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium spicatum Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium spinosum Ard.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium strictum (S. Watson) Rattan	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium strongylophyllum F. Mull.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium stuckertianum (Thell.) Boelcke	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium subalpinum Kom.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium subulatum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium subvaginatum Thell.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium tandilense Boelcke	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium tayloriae Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium thurberi Wooton	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium tianschanicum (Botsch. & Vved.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium tiehmii (Rollins) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium tolmaczovii (Junissov) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium trautvetteri (Botsch.) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium trifurcum Marais	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium uzbekistanicum Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium vesicarium L.	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium villarsii Gren. & Godr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium violaceum (Munby) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO
Lepidium virginicum L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Lepidium zambiensis (Jonsell) Al-Shehbaz	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 510 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Lepidium. Of these 153 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 190 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Lepidium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 510 species names for the genus Lepidium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	153	30.0%
◕	Synonym	217	42.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	140	27.5%

All names

The status of the 700 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Lepidium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	187	26.7%
◕	Synonym	366	52.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	147	21.0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 510 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Lepidium, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	150	206	0	0	356	69.8%
	Low confidence	3	11	0	140	154	30.2%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Lepidium, are as follows: