# Lepidium > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lepidium > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lepidium.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidium > Source revision: 1337677151 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae}} {{For|the aquatic fern also called 'pepperwort'|Marsilea minuta}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Lepidium flavum 3.jpg |image_caption = ''[Lepidium flavum](/source/Lepidium_flavum)'' |taxon = Lepidium |authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus) (1753) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 265, see text |subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60437330-2 ''Lepidium'' L.] ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 3 April 2024. |synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets=true |title={{small|Synonymy}} |''Carara'' {{small|Medik. (1792)}} |''Cardamon'' {{small|Fourr. (1868)}} |''Cardaria'' {{small|Desv. (1815)}} |''Cardiolepis'' {{small|Wallr. (1822)}} |''Coronopus'' {{small|Zinn (1757)}} |''Cotyliscus'' {{small|Desv. (1815)}} |''Cynocardamum'' {{small|Webb & Berthel. (1836)}} |''Cyphocardamum'' {{small|Hedge (1968)}} |''Dileptium'' {{small|Raf. (1817)}} |''Eudistemon'' {{small|Raf. (1830)}} |''Hymenophysa'' {{small|C.A.Mey. (1831)}} |''Iberis'' {{small|Hill (1756), nom. illeg.}} |''Jundzillia'' {{small|Andrz. ex DC. (1821), not validly publ.}} |''Lasioptera'' {{small|Andrz. ex DC. (1821)}} |''Lepia'' {{small|Desv. (1815)}} |''Lepicochlea'' {{small|Rojas (1918)}} |''Lepidiberis'' {{small|Fourr. (1868)}} |''Lepidion'' {{small|St.-Lag. (1880), orth. var.}} |''Lithodraba'' {{small|Boelcke (1951)}} |''Monoploca'' {{small|Bunge (1845)}} |''Nasturtiastrum'' {{small|Gillet & Magne (1863)}} |''Nasturtioides'' {{small|Medik. (1792)}} |''Nasturtiolum'' {{small|Medik. (1792)}} |''Nasturtium'' {{small|Mill. (1754), nom. rej.}} |''Neolepia'' {{small|W.A.Weber (1989)}} |''Papuzilla'' {{small|Ridl. (1916)}} |''Physolepidion'' {{small|Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. (1841)}} |''Semetum'' {{small|Raf. (1840)}} |''Senckenbergia'' {{small|G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. (1800)}} |''Senebiera'' {{small|DC. (1799)}} |''Sennebiera'' {{small|Willd. (1809)}} |''Sprengeria'' {{small|Greene (1906)}} |''Stroganowia'' {{small|Kar. & Kir. (1841)}} |''Stubendorffia'' {{small|Schrenk ex Fisch. (1844)}} |''Uranodactylus'' {{small|Gilli (1959)}} |''Winklera'' {{small|Regel (1886)}} }} |synonyms_ref = }} '''''Lepidium''''' is a genus of plants in the mustard/cabbage family, [Brassicaceae](/source/Brassicaceae). The genus is widely distributed in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Australia.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=118034 ''Lepidium''.] Flora of North America. It includes familiar species such as [garden cress](/source/garden_cress), [maca](/source/Lepidium_meyenii), and [dittander](/source/Lepidium_latifolium). General [common name](/source/common_name)s include '''peppercress''', '''peppergrass''', '''pepperweed''', and '''pepperwort'''. Some species form [tumbleweed](/source/tumbleweed)s.{{cite book |title=The Mysteries of the Flowers |url=https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofflowe00fauluoft |author=Faulkner, H. W. |publisher=Frederick A. Stokes company |year=1917 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mysteriesofflowe00fauluoft/page/238 238]}} page 210 The genus name ''Lepidium'' is from [Greek](/source/Greek_language) meaning 'small scale', which is thought to be derived from a folk medicine usage of the plant to treat [leprosy](/source/leprosy), which cause small scales on the skin. Another meaning is related to the small scale-like fruit.Sia Morhardt and Emil Morhardt {{google books |1XyN-u-Bk40C|California Desert Flowers: An Introduction to Families, Genera, and Species |page=101}} ==Species== [[File:Cakile maritima habitat.jpg|thumb|right|''[Lepidium latifolium](/source/Lepidium_latifolium)'' on the [Kattegat](/source/Kattegat)]] [[File:Lepidium lasiocarpum var lasiocarpum 7.jpg|thumb|right|''[Lepidium lasiocarpum](/source/Lepidium_lasiocarpum)'' var. ''lasiocarpum'']] [[File:Lepidium fremontii 3.jpg|thumb|right|''[Lepidium fremontii](/source/Lepidium_fremontii)'']] {{Main|List of Lepidium species|l1=List of ''Lepidium'' species}} [Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) accepts 265 species in the genus. 10 species are found in [California](/source/California). Species include: {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[Lepidium africanum](/source/Lepidium_africanum)'' * ''[Lepidium amelum](/source/Lepidium_amelum)'' * ''[Lepidium amissum](/source/Lepidium_amissum)'' {{small|de Lange & Heenan}} - Waitakere scurvy grass (New Zealand); extinct * ''[Lepidium aretioides](/source/Lepidium_aretioides)'' {{small|(Hedge) Al-Shehbaz}} * ''[Lepidium armoracia](/source/Lepidium_armoracia)'' {{small|Fisch. & C.A. Mey. 1843}} * ''[Lepidium apetalum](/source/Lepidium_apetalum)'' {{small|Willd.}} – ''du xing cai'' (Pinyin, China)[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/4105246 Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 20 Dec 2011] * ''[Lepidium arbuscula](/source/Lepidium_arbuscula)'' * ''[Lepidium aschersonii](/source/Lepidium_aschersonii)'' {{small|Thell.}} – spiny peppercress * ''[Lepidium austrinum](/source/Lepidium_austrinum)'' {{small|Small}} – Southern Pepperweed * ''[Lepidium banksii](/source/Lepidium_banksii)'' * ''[Lepidium barnebyanum](/source/Lepidium_barnebyanum)'' * ''[Lepidium biplicatum](/source/Lepidium_biplicatum)'' * ''[Lepidium bonariense](/source/Lepidium_bonariense)'' – peppercress * ''[Lepidium campestre](/source/Lepidium_campestre)'' – field pepperwort, field cress * ''[Lepidium catapycnon](/source/Lepidium_catapycnon)'' * ''[Lepidium coronopus](/source/Lepidium_coronopus)'' – swine cress * ''[Lepidium davisii](/source/Lepidium_davisii)'' – Davis' peppergrass{{cite web |last=Hagwood |first=Sheri |title=Sensitive Plants of the JRA |url=http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/id/publications/technical_bulletins.Par.98306.File.dat/tb06-01.pdf |publisher=Idaho BLM |access-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503002232/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/id/publications/technical_bulletins.Par.98306.File.dat/tb06-01.pdf |archive-date=3 May 2014}} * ''[Lepidium densiflorum](/source/Lepidium_densiflorum)'' – common pepperweed * ''[Lepidium desvauxii](/source/Lepidium_desvauxii)'' – bushy peppercress * ''[Lepidium dictyotum](/source/Lepidium_dictyotum)'' * ''[Lepidium didymum](/source/Lepidium_didymum)'' * ''[Lepidium draba](/source/Lepidium_draba)'' – hoary cress * ''[Lepidium drummondii](/source/Lepidium_drummondii)'' * ''[Lepidium echinatum](/source/Lepidium_echinatum)'' * ''[Lepidium ecuadoriense](/source/Lepidium_ecuadoriense)'' * ''[Lepidium englerianum](/source/Lepidium_englerianum)'' * ''[Lepidium fasciculatum](/source/Lepidium_fasciculatum)'' – bundled peppercress * ''[Lepidium flavum](/source/Lepidium_flavum)'' * ''[Lepidium flexicaule](/source/Lepidium_flexicaule)'' * ''[Lepidium foliosum](/source/Lepidium_foliosum)'' – leafy peppercress * ''[Lepidium fremontii](/source/Lepidium_fremontii)'' – desert pepperweed * ''[Lepidium genistoides](/source/Lepidium_genistoides)'' * ''[Lepidium ginninderrense](/source/Lepidium_ginninderrense)'' * ''[Lepidium graminifolium](/source/Lepidium_graminifolium)'' * ''[Lepidium howei-insulae](/source/Lepidium_howei-insulae)'' – mustard & cress * ''[Lepidium hypenantion](/source/Lepidium_hypenantion)'' * ''[Lepidium hyssopifolium](/source/Lepidium_hyssopifolium)'' * ''[Lepidium heterophyllum](/source/Lepidium_heterophyllum)'' – Smith's pepperwort, Smith's cress * ''[Lepidium jaredii](/source/Lepidium_jaredii)'' – Jared's pepperweed * ''[Lepidium lasiocarpum](/source/Lepidium_lasiocarpum)'' * ''[Lepidium latifolium](/source/Lepidium_latifolium)'' – pepperweed, dittander * ''[Lepidium latipes](/source/Lepidium_latipes)'' * ''[Lepidium lyratogynum](/source/Lepidium_lyratogynum)'' * ''[Lepidium merrallii](/source/Lepidium_merrallii)'' *''[Lepidium medocinense](/source/Lepidium_medocinense)'' {{small|(Hauman) Al-Shehbaz}} * ''[Lepidium meyenii](/source/Lepidium_meyenii)'' (syn. ''L. peruvianum'') – maca * ''[Lepidium monoplocoides](/source/Lepidium_monoplocoides)'' – winged peppercress * ''[Lepidium montanum](/source/Lepidium_montanum)'' – western pepperweed, mountain pepperweed * ''[Lepidium nanum](/source/Lepidium_nanum)'' – dwarf pepperweed * ''[Lepidium nesophilum](/source/Lepidium_nesophilum)'' * ''[Lepidium nitidum](/source/Lepidium_nitidum)'' – shining pepperweed * ''[Lepidium oblongum](/source/Lepidium_oblongum)'' * ''[Lepidium oleraceum](/source/Lepidium_oleraceum)'' – Cook's scurvy grass (near extinct) * ''[Lepidium oxycarpum](/source/Lepidium_oxycarpum)'' – forked pepperweed * ''[Lepidium oxytrichum](/source/Lepidium_oxytrichum)'' * ''[Lepidium papilliferum](/source/Lepidium_papilliferum)'' – slickspot peppergrass * ''[Lepidium papillosum](/source/Lepidium_papillosum)'' – warty peppercress * ''[Lepidium pedicellosum](/source/Lepidium_pedicellosum)'' * ''[Lepidium peregrinum](/source/Lepidium_peregrinum)'' * ''[Lepidium perfoliatum](/source/Lepidium_perfoliatum)'' * ''[Lepidium peruvianum](/source/Lepidium_peruvianum)'' * ''[Lepidium phlebopetalum](/source/Lepidium_phlebopetalum)'' * ''[Lepidium pholidogynum](/source/Lepidium_pholidogynum)'' * ''[Lepidium pinnatifidum](/source/Lepidium_pinnatifidum)'' * ''[Lepidium platypetalum](/source/Lepidium_platypetalum)'' – slender peppercress * ''[Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium](/source/Lepidium_pseudohyssopifolium)'' * ''[Lepidium pseudoruderale](/source/Lepidium_pseudoruderale)'' * ''[Lepidium pseudotasmanicum](/source/Lepidium_pseudotasmanicum)'' * ''[Lepidium puberulum](/source/Lepidium_puberulum)'' * ''[Lepidium quitense](/source/Lepidium_quitense)'' * ''[Lepidium rotundum](/source/Lepidium_rotundum)'' – veined peppercress * ''[Lepidium ruderale](/source/Lepidium_ruderale)'' – narrow-leaved pepperwort * ''[Lepidium sagittulatum](/source/Lepidium_sagittulatum)'' * ''[Lepidium sativum](/source/Lepidium_sativum)'' – garden cress * ''[Lepidium scandens](/source/Lepidium_scandens)'' * ''[Lepidium squamatum](/source/Lepidium_squamatum)'' * ''[Lepidium strictum](/source/Lepidium_strictum)'' * ''[Lepidium thurberi](/source/Lepidium_thurberi)'' – Thurber's peppergrass, Thurber's pepperweed * ''[Lepidium virginicum](/source/Lepidium_virginicum)'' – Virginia peppercress * ''[Lepidium xylodes](/source/Lepidium_xylodes)'' {{div col end}} ==See also== * {{Cite book |last1=Everitt |first1=J.H. |last2=Lonard |first2=R.L. |last3=Little |first3=C.R. |title=Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico |publisher=Texas Tech University Press |location=Lubbock |year=2007}} {{ISBN|0-89672-614-2}} *{{cite web |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/68695 |title=''Lepidium'' |website=[Australian Plant Name Index](/source/Australian_Plant_Name_Index) (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government) |access-date=15 March 2023}} ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == *{{cite web |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/TSRP32.pdf |title=Inland ''Lepidium'' recovery plan 2000-2010 |year=2000 |publisher=Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | access-date = 2007-10-04}} *{{cite web |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/tsrp26.pdf |title=Coastal Cresses (Nau) Recovery Plan |author=D.A. Norton |author2=P.J. de Lange |year=1999 |publisher=Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | access-date = 2007-04-19}} * [https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/profile/hairy-whitetop Species Profile: Hairy Whitetop (''Lepidium appelianum'').] National Invasive Species Information Center, [United States National Agricultural Library](/source/United_States_National_Agricultural_Library). {{Transient receptor potential channel modulators}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q146217}} {{Authority control}} Category:Lepidium Category:Brassicaceae genera Category:Tumbleweeds Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Brassicaceae-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lepidium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidium) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidium?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.