Brassicaceae Burnett
Lepidium L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 643 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 291 [secondary reference]
Desvaux, N.A. (1814), Journal of Botany, British and Foreign: 164 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 45 [secondary reference]
common name: Pepperwort [n/a] common name: Cress [n/a]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 83-87 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Monoploca Bunge legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 6 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lepia Desv. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Monoploca Bunge legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Iberis L. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 10 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lepiactis Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Monoploca Bunge legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Iberis L. legitimate
Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 203 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 35, 36, 38 [secondary reference]
common name: Pepperwort [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 34 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 164 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Lepidium latifolium L.
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 250-251 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Greek for a "small scale," from lepis; also the name of a plant used against scurvy.
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 691-692 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 380 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Greek for a "small scale," from lepis; also the name of a plant used against scurvy,"
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 44 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 143 [secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 159 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 186 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 38-39 [secondary reference]
Carolin, R.C. & Hewson, H.J. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Cruciferae (Brassicaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 96 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 447, 448 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 92 [secondary reference]
Hewson, H.J. (26 February 1982), The genus Lepidium L. (Brassicaceae) in Australia. Brunonia 4(2): 217-308 [secondary reference]
Hewson, H.J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (9 December 1982), Brassicaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 256-283 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Brassicaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 210-213 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Brassicaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 165-166 [secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 84 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cardaria Desv. legitimate
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Brassicaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 263 [secondary reference]
Telford, I.R.H., Orchard, A.E. & Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Brassicaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 171 [secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 137 [secondary reference]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Brassicaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 415-417 [secondary reference]
Retter, L. & Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Brassicaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 467 [secondary reference]
common name: Peppercress [n/a]
Al-Shehbaz, I.A., Mummenhoff, K. & Appel, O. (2002), Cardaria, Coronopus, and Stroganowia are United with Lepidium (Brassicaceae). Novon 12(1): 7 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Coronopus Zinn nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Cardaria Desv. legitimate
Appel, O. & Al-Shehbaz, I.A. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Cruciferae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 136-137 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 539 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 480 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Coronopus Zinn nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Cardaria Desv. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Coronopus Zinn nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Cardaria Desv. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), CoI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), CSI (naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)