Lepidium
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{{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}}
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