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Lepidium trifurcum

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Isotype of Lepidium trifurcum Sond. [family BRASSICACEAE]
Isotype of Lepidium trifurcum Sond. [family BRASSICACEAE]
Lepidium divaricatum Aiton subsp. trifurcum (Sond.) Marais [family CRUCIFERAE]
Lepidium divaricatum Aiton subsp. trifurcum (Sond.) Marais [family CRUCIFERAE]
Isotype of Lepidium trifurcum Sond. [family BRASSICACEAE]
Holotype of Lepidium trifurcum Sond. [family BRASSICACEAE]
Lepidium divaricatum Aiton subsp. trifurcum (Sond.) Marais [family CRUCIFERAE]
Type? of Lepidium trifurcum Sond. [family BRASSICACEAE]
Isotype of Lepidium trifurcum Sond. [family BRASSICACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Lepidium trifurcum Sond. [family BRASSICACEAE ] (stored under name); Lepidium trifurcum Sond. [family BRASSICACEAE ]
Related name
  • Lepidium divaricatum
  • Lepidium trifurcum

Flora

Entry for LEPIDIUM trifurcum Sond. [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 trifurcum Sond. [family CRUCIFERAE], Linn. 23. p. 4.;—Zey. 23.
Information
suffruticose, erect, quite glabrous; leaves linear-subulate, channelled, three forked, the lobes erectopatent, acute; pods oblong-ovate, slightly emarginate, with a very short style, equalling the notch. Stem 1–1 1/2 feet, with virgate branches, ramulose at the end. Stem leaves mostly crowded, 3-forked, the lateral lobes 1–1 1/2 lines, terminal 2–3 lines long; rarely with 5 lobes, pinnately disposed. Upper leaves trifid or entire. Fruiting racemes 2–3 inches long; pedicels 1–1 1/2 lines. Pouch 1 line long. Fl. minute.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Rocky places at Modder River, Bekuana Land, Feb., Burke and Zeyher. Winterveld and Nieuweveld, Nov., Drege. (Herb. Hook., Sond., T.C.D.)

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