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Lepidium africanum

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Name

Identification
Lepidium angolense Jonsell [family BRASSICACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Lepidium angolense Jonsell [family BRASSICACEAE ] Verified by Jonsell,B., 1976 Lepidium africanum (Welw.) Thell. [family BRASSICACEAE ] Verified by Exell,A.W. & Mendonça,F.W., 1958
Related name
  • Lepidium africanum
  • Lepidium schlechteri
  • Lepidium divaricatum
  • Lepidium iberioides
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  • Lepidium capense
  • Lepidium inyangense
  • Lepidium ruderale
  • Lepidium keniense
  • Lepidium angolense

Flora

Entry for LEPIDIUM Africanum DC. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 19, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
LEPIDIUM Africanum DC. [family CRUCIFERAE], l. c. p. 552;—Deless. Ic. 2. t. 73.
LEPIDIUM subdentatum E. & Z. [family CRUCIFERAE], ! 39, non. Burch.
LEPIDIUM capense E. & Z. [family CRUCIFERAE], 43, non Thunb.
LEPIDIUM divaricatum E. & Z. [family CRUCIFERAE], 44, non Ait.
SISYMBRIUM serratum Thunb. [family CRUCIFERAE], Fl. Cap. p. 496 & Herb.
Information
glabrous or sparsely puberulous; stem erect, terete, somewhat angled above, branching; radical leaves lyrato-pinnatisect, lobes cut, the terminal one very large, middle ones pinnatisect or deeply cut, upper entire; pods elliptic-ovate, scarcely emarginate, with a very short style. Very near the last, and chiefly distinguished by the taller, generally glabrous stem, more divided radical, and more deeply cut cauline leaves. Stem 1 1/2 feet. Radical leaves 2–3 inch long, the terminal lobe ovate, serrate, the lower lobes 2–4 pairs, ovate-toothed or inciso-multifid: cauline leaves 1 1/2 inches long, some pinnatifid, some inciso-serrate. Uppermost leaves 6–8 lines long, narrow. Fruiting raceme 3–6 inches long: ripe pouch 1 1/2 lines long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In fields and shrubby places. Lion's Mt., Sieber, Zwartkops R. and at the Knysna, George; and Winterfeld, Beauf., E. & Z. Nov. (Herb. Thunb., Sond.)

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