Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Lepidium amelum
Brassicaceae Burnett
Lepidium amelum Lepschi , legitimate, scientific
Lepschi, B.J. (16 September 1998), Notes on the genus Lepidium (Brassicaceae) in Western Australia, including recognition of a new species, L. amelum. Nuytsia 12(2): 191-192, Fig. 1, Map 2 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "300 m north-west of Bells Pit, Woodie Woodie [mine], Oakover River Catchment, north-east Pilbara, W.A., early Aug. 1996, A.S.Weston 96.8.1. (holo: PERTH 04656148; iso: CANB, K, MEL, US)"
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "Named from the Greek α - not, without, and melos - a limb, in reference to the sessile leaves."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Lepidium sp. Tanguin Hill (K.R.Newbey 10501) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA