Lepidium meyenii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brassicales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Brassicaceae
Subfamilia: Brassicoideae
Tribus: Lepidieae
Genus: Lepidium
Species: Lepidium meyenii

Name

Lepidium meyenii Walp., 1843

Synonyms

Lepidium affine Wedd.
Lepidium gelidum Wedd.
Lepidium orbignyanum Wedd.
Lepidium weddellii J.F. Macbr.

References

Walpers, W.G. , 1843. Novorum Actorum Academia Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum. Verhandlungen der Kaiselichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher. Breslau [= Wroclaw, Poland] 19(suppl. 1):249.
Walpers, G.G. 1843. Repertorium Botanices Systematicae. Tomus II. 1029 pp. Sumtibus Friderici Hofmeister, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. BHL Reference page.

Links

Koch, M.A. et al. 2019. Lepidium meyenii in BrassiBase Tools and biological resources to study characters and traits in the Brassicaceae. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 11.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lepidium meyenii. Published online. Accessed: Jun 11 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Lepidium meyenii in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jun 11.
Tropicos.org 2019. Lepidium meyenii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Jun 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lepidium meyenii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Maca
Ελληνικά: μάκα
English: maca
español: maca
suomi: andienkrassi
français: maca
italiano: maca
日本語: マカ
lietuvių: peruvinė pipirnė
polski: pieprzyca peruwiańska, maka
Runa Simi: maka
русский: мака перуанская

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