Lepidium 2185887 226092902 2008-07-16T20:08:06Z DutchDevil 6780543 /* External links */ Added [[nl:Kruidkers]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Lepidium'' | image = Lepidium flavum close.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Lepidium flavum'' in Mojave Desert | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Brassicales]] | familia = [[Brassicaceae]] | genus = '''''Lepidium''''' | genus_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''''Lepidium''''', commonly known as the '''peppergrasses''' or '''pepperworts''', is a genus of plants in the mustard family [[Brassicaceae]]. It includes about 175 species found worldwide, including [[cress]] and [[pepperweed]]. == Species == * ''[[Lepidium africanum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium amelum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium biplicatum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium bonariense]]'' - Peppercress * ''[[Lepidium campestre]]'' - Field Pepperwort or Field Cress * ''[[Lepidium catapycnon]]'' * ''[[Lepidium densiflorum]]'' - Common Pepperweed * ''[[Lepidium desvauxii]]'' - Bushy Peppercress * ''[[Lepidium didymum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium draba]]'' - Hoary Cress * ''[[Lepidium drummondii]]'' * ''[[Lepidium echinatum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium ecuadoriense]]'' * ''[[Lepidium englerianum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium fasciculatum]]'' - Bundled Peppercress * ''[[Lepidium flavum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium flexicaule]]'' * ''[[Lepidium foliosum]]'' - Leafy Peppercress * ''[[Lepidium fremontii]]'' - Desert Pepperweed * ''[[Lepidium genistoides]]'' * ''[[Lepidium ginninderrense]]'' * ''[[Lepidium graminifolium]]'' * ''[[Lepidium howei-insulae]]'' * ''[[Lepidium hypenantion]]'' [[Image:Lepidium-latifolium-flowers.jpg|240px|thumb|right|''Lepidium latifolium'']] * ''[[Lepidium hyssopifolium]]'' * ''[[Lepidium heterophyllum]]'' - Smith's Pepperwort * ''[[Lepidium jaredii]]'' - Jared's Pepperweed * ''[[Lepidium latifolium]]'' - Pepperweed or Dittander * ''[[Lepidium latipes]]'' * ''[[Lepidium lyratogynum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium merrallii]]'' * ''[[Lepidium meyenii]]'' - Maca * ''[[Lepidium monoplocoides]]'' - Winged Peppercress * ''[[Lepidium montanum]]'' - Western Pepperweed, Mountain Pepperweed * ''[[Lepidium nitidum]]'' - Shining Pepperweed * ''[[Lepidium oxycarpum]]'' - Forked Pepperweed * ''[[Lepidium oxytrichum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium papillosum]]'' - Warty Peppercress * ''[[Lepidium pedicellosum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium peregrinum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium perfoliatum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium phlebopetalum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium pholidogynum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium platypetalum]]'' - Slender Peppercress [[Image:Lepidium ruderale Sturm21.jpg|199 px|thumb|right|''Lepidium ruderale'']] * ''[[Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium]]'' * ''[[Lepidium pseudoruderale ]]'' * ''[[Lepidium pseudotasmanicum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium puberulum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium quitense]]'' * ''[[Lepidium rotundum]]'' - Veined Peppercress * ''[[Lepidium ruderale]]'' - Narrow-leaved Pepperwort * ''[[Lepidium oleraceum]]'' - Cook's Scurvy grass (near extinct) * ''[[Lepidium sagittulatum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium scandens]]'' * ''[[Lepidium squamatum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium strictum]]'' * ''[[Lepidium sativum]]'' - Garden Cress * ''[[Lepidium thurberi]]'' - Thurber's Peppergrass or Thurber's Pepperweed * ''[[Lepidium virginicum]]'' - Virginian Peppercress * ''[[Lepidium xylodes]]'' ==References== * {{Cite book |last=Everitt |first=J.H. |coauthors=Lonard, R.L., Little, 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=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=LEPIDIUM|title=''Lepidium'' |accessdate=2009-02-30|work= [[Australian Plant Name Index]] (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}} == External links == *{{cite web | url = http://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 | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-10-04}} *{{cite web | url = http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/tsrp26.pdf| title = Coastal Cresses (Nau) Recovery Plan| author = D.A. Norton; P.J. de Lange| year = 1999| publisher = Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand | format = PDF | accessdate = 2007-19-04}} [[Category:Lepidium| ]] {{Brassicales-stub}} [[da:Karse]] [[de:Kressen]] [[es:Lepidium]] [[fr:Lepidium]] [[ko:다닥냉이속]] [[lt:Pipirnė]] [[nl:Kruidkers]] [[pl:Pieprzyca]] [[pt:Lepidium]] [[fi:Krassit]]