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Lepidium, commonly known as the peppergrasses or pepperworts, is a genus of plants in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It includes about 175 species found worldwide, including cress and pepperweed.
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- Lepidium africanum
- Lepidium amelum
- Lepidium biplicatum
- Lepidium bonariense - Peppercress
- Lepidium campestre - Field Pepperwort or Field Cress
- Lepidium catapycnon
- Lepidium desvauxii - Bushy Peppercress
- Lepidium didymum
- Lepidium draba - Hoary Cress
- Lepidium drummondii
- Lepidium echinatum
- Lepidium ecuadoriense
- Lepidium englerianum
- Lepidium fasciculatum - Bundled Peppercress
- Lepidium flavum
- Lepidium flexicaule
- Lepidium foliosum - Leafy Peppercress
- Lepidium genistoides
- Lepidium ginninderrense
- Lepidium graminifolium
- Lepidium howei-insulae
- Lepidium hypenantion
- Lepidium hyssopifolium
- Lepidium heterophyllum - Smith's Pepperwort
- Lepidium latifolium - Pepperweed or Dittander
- Lepidium linifolium
- Lepidium lyratogynum
- Lepidium merrallii
- Lepidium meyenii - Maca
- Lepidium monoplocoides - Winged Peppercress
- Lepidium montanum - Western Pepperweed or Western Pepper-grass
- Lepidium muelleriferdinandi
- Lepidium nesophilum
- Lepidium oxytrichum
- Lepidium papillosum - Warty Peppercress
- Lepidium pedicellosum
- Lepidium peregrinum
- Lepidium perfoliatum
- Lepidium phlebopetalum
- Lepidium pholidogynum
- Lepidium platypetalum - Slender Peppercress
- Lepidium pseudohyssopifolium
- Lepidium pseudoruderale
- Lepidium pseudotasmanicum
- Lepidium puberulum
- Lepidium quitense
- Lepidium rotundum - Veined Peppercress
- Lepidium ruderale - Narrow-leaved Pepperwort
- Lepidium oleraceum - Cook's Scurvy grass (near extinct)
- Lepidium sagittulatum
- Lepidium scandens
- Lepidium squamatum
- Lepidium strictum
- Lepidium sativum - Garden Cress
- Lepidium thurberi - Thurber's Peppergrass or Thurber's Pepperweed
- Lepidium virginicum - Virginian Peppercress
- Lepidium xylodes
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