Characteristics
Dicots
Lepidium virginicum L.
VIRGINIA PEPPERWEED
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Native UPL (NWPL)
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Classification
BRASSICALES
Lepidium virginicum L. - VIRGINIA PEPPERWEED
Citation
LEPIDIUM VIRGINICUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 645. 1753.
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"Virginia, Jamaicae", without data (lectotype: LINN 824.18). Lectotypified by Al-Shehbaz, in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Dicot. 1: 285. 1988.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
USF
 
Baker
FLAS
 
Bay
FLAS
 
Bradford
USF
 
Brevard
USF
 
Broward
USF
 
Calhoun
USF
 
Charlotte
USF
 
Citrus
USF
 
Clay
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Crucifera virginica
Crucifera virginica (Linnaeus) E. H. L. Krause, in Sturm, Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2. 6: 158. 1902.
BASIONYM: Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus 1753.
 
Cynocardamum virginicum
Cynocardamum virginicum (Linnaeus) Webb & Berthelot, Nat. Hist. Iles Canaries 3(2(1)): 97. 1836.
BASIONYM: Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus 1753.
 
Iberis virginica
Iberis virginica (Linnaeus) Fischer & C. A. Meyer, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 2: 13. 1836.
BASIONYM: Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus 1753.
 
Lepidium iberis
Lepidium iberis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 645. 1753.
 
TYPE: Without data (lectotype: LINN 824.19). Lectotypified by T. C. G. Rich, in Cafferty & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 51: 534. 2002.
Lepidium virginicum subsp. euvirginicum
Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus, subsp. euvirginicum Thellung, Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(1): 225. 1906, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus 1753.
 
Lepidium virginicum var. linearifolium
Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus, var. linearifolium Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 121. 1930.
 
TYPE: MICHIGAN: Washtenaw Co.: Ypsilanti, 20 Jun 1928, Farwell 8218a (lectotype: BLH). Lectotypified by McVaugh et al., Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Bull. 34: 46. 1953.
Lepidium virginicum var. typicum
Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus, var. typicum Thellung, Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(1): 224. 1906, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus 1753.
 
Nasturtium virginicum
Nasturtium virginicum (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 35. 1891.
BASIONYM: Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus 1753.
 
Thlaspi virginianum
Thlaspi virginianum Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 544. 1806, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus 1753.
 
Thlaspi virginicum
Thlaspi virginicum (Linnaeus) Cavanilles, Descr. Pl. 413, 624. 1802.
BASIONYM: Lepidium virginicum Linnaeus 1753.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
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