Lepidium L

AL-Shehbaz, Ihsan A. & Barriera, Gabrielle, 2019, Typification of Edmond Boissier’s Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) names enumerated in Flora Orientalis, Boissiera 72, pp. 1-193 : 149

Lepidium L ., Sp. Pl.: 643. 1753.

Tribe: Lepidieae DC.

Notes. – Lepidium is third largest genus in the Brassicaceae after Draba and Erysimum , with 259 species represented by native taxa on all continents except Antarctica.

Based on extensive developmental and molecular phylogenetic studies (e.g., BOWMAN et al., 1999; MUMMENHOFF et al., 2001, 2004, 2009), Lepidium was expanded by AL-SHEHBAZ et al. (2002), AL-SHEHBAZ (2003), and AL-SHEHBAZ & MUMMENHOFF (2010) to include Cardaria Desv. , Coronopus Zinn , Hymenophysa C.A. Mey. , Stroganowia Kar. & Kir. , Stubendorffia Schrenk ex Fish. , and Winklera Regel.