Lepidium africanum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It is an annual or perennial which ranges from Saudi Arabia and Sudan to southern Africa.[1]

Lepidium africanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lepidium
Species:
L. africanum
Binomial name
Lepidium africanum
(Burm.f.) DC. (1821)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lepidium africanum var. aethiopicum (Hiern) Thell. (1906)
  • Lepidium africanum subsp. divaricatum (Aiton) Jonsell (1975)
  • Lepidium ambiguum F.Muell. (1855)
  • Lepidium capense Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835), nom. illeg.
  • Lepidium divaricatum Aiton (1789)
  • Lepidium divaricatum subsp. linoides (Thunb.) Thell. (1906)
  • Lepidium divaricatum var. subdentatum (Burch. ex DC.) Sond. (1859)
  • Lepidium dubium Thell. (1906)
  • Lepidium hyssopifolium var. tasmanicum (Thell.) Domin (1926)
  • Lepidium iberioides Desv. (1815)
  • Lepidium linoides Thunb. (1800)
  • Lepidium linoides var. subdentatum (Burch. ex DC.) Sond. (1860)
  • Lepidium ruderale var. aethiopicum Hiern (1896)
  • Lepidium subdentatum Eckl. & Zeyh. (1835), sensu auct.
  • Lepidium subdentatum Burch. ex DC. (1821)
  • Lepidium tasmanicum Thell. (1906)
  • Nasturtium divaricatum (Aiton) Kuntze (1891)
  • Thlaspi africanum Burm.f. (1768) (basionym)
  • Thlaspi divaricatum (Aiton) Poir. (1806)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lepidium africanum (Burm.f.) DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 April 2024.