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Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.

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Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 3: 193 (1780)
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Sparrm.
1780
193
ICN
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
species
Lepidium oleraceum
The exact meaning of the species 'oleraceum' was not given by Sparrman (1780). However the epithet derives from the Latin 'oleraceus' meaning 'used for herbs or vegetables' (Taylor 2002), a point that Sparrman had alluded to in a brief note he wrote in Latin on the backside of the neotype sheet.
Type Collection: From cultivated plants, originally collected from New Zealand. Neotype: S, Sparrman, Nova Zelandia.

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oleraceum

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Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.

n = c. 36 bivalents

Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.

Glabrous perennial. Stems decumbent to erect, stout, usually flexuous, to 50 cm tall. Lvs all similar, narrow-oblanceolate to obovate, evenly toothed in distal portion, cuneately narrowed to winged petiole at base, bright green, fleshy, 2-10 × 1.5-4 cm. Racemes terminal and lateral, 5-10 cm long at fruiting; pedicels erecto-patent, (3)-5-10 mm long at fruiting. Sepals 1-1.5-(2) × 0.5-1 mm. Petals white, obovate-spathulate, slightly > to twice length of sepals. Stamens 4. Silicles broadly ovate, usually truncate at base, acute at apex, not winged, 3-4-(5) × 2.5-3.5-(5) mm; style 0.1-0.2 mm long; seeds ovoid, brown, not winged, 1.5-2 mm long.

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Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
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Lepidium oleraceum var. acutidentatum Kirk
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Lepidium oleraceum var. acutidentatum Kirk
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Lepidium oleraceum var. frondosum Kirk
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Lepidium oleraceum var. frondosum Kirk
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Lepidium oleraceum var. olearaceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Lepidium oleraceum var. serrulatum Thell.
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Lepidium oleraceum var. serrulatum Thell.
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Nasturtium oleraceum Kuntze
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
Thlaspi oleraceum Poir.
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.

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Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Lepidium oleraceum G.Forst. ex Sparrm.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District

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typification
Type Collection: From cultivated plants, originally collected from New Zealand. Neotype: S, Sparrman, Nova Zelandia.
Etymology
The exact meaning of the species 'oleraceum' was not given by Sparrman (1780). However the epithet derives from the Latin 'oleraceus' meaning 'used for herbs or vegetables' (Taylor 2002), a point that Sparrman had alluded to in a brief note he wrote in Latin on the backside of the neotype sheet.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
18 June 2013
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