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Lepidium armoracia

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Identification
Isotype of Lepidium abyssinicum Hochst. ex A.Rich. [family CRUCIFERAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lepidium armoracia Fisch. & Mey. [family CRUCIFERAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Lepidium abyssinicum
  • Lepidium armoracia
  • Lepidium intermedium
  • Lepidium ruderale
  • Lepidium alpinum
  • Lepidium alpigenum

Flora

Entry for LEPIDIUM Armoracia Fisch. et Mey. [family CRUCIFERAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 55, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
LEPIDIUM Armoracia Fisch. et Mey. [family CRUCIFERAE], Index Sem. 1842, 77.
LEPIDIUM abyssinica Hochst. [family CRUCIFERAE], in Pl. Schimp. Abyss.; Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 21.
Information
An erect, branched, glabrous herb, 1–2 ft. high. Radical leaves not seen; cauline rather coriaceous, oblanceolate, narrowed into the petiole, serrate or dentate-serrate above; the upper linear-lanceolate or quite entire. Racemes erect, ebracteate. Pedicels equalling the silicules, which are broadly elliptical-rotundate, scarcely emarginate. Style very short. Stamens 2 or 3, according to Fischer and Meyer, and Richard. Radicle accumbent.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Schimper!
Notes
This may prove a form of L. latifolium, Linn.

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