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Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton

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Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. (W.T. Aiton), ed. 2., 4, 88 (1812)
Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton

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New Zealand
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W.T.Aiton
L.
(L.) W.T.Aiton
1812
88
Aiton is the editor of the Index Kewensis where this name was published. According to Stafleu (1976) Robert Brown is the "author" of the section where Lepidium campestre is published (see Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types (TL2) v. 1 (1976) page 26). But there is no indication of this in the work itself. According to Melbourne ICBN Art. 46.8, Ex. 37, Aiton is the author of new names in the Index Kewensis except where a name and description were both ascribed in that work to somebody else.
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Lepidium campestre

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campestre

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Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton

Annual or biennial. Stem erect, branched above, hairy, (10)-20-45 cm tall. Lvs hairy. Basal lvs mostly withering before fls open, narrow oblanceolate, lyrate-pinnatifid, rarely entire, c. 3-5 × 0.5-1 cm; petiole < or = lamina. Stem lvs suberect, narrowly triangular, sessile, 10-30-(60) × 2-10 mm, with narrow pointed amplexicaul basal lobes; margin with short coarse teeth or entire. Racemes (5)-10-15 cm long; rachis densely hairy; pedicels densely hairy, spreading, 4-6 mm long at fruiting. Sepals glabrous or hairy, c. 1 × 0.5 mm. Petals white, clawed, 1.5-2 × c. 1 mm. Stamens 6. Silicle oblong, notched, 5-6 × c. 4 mm; lower part of style connate with the broad wing, upper part free for c. 0.5 mm, not or slightly protruding from the short apical notch; valves covered with small scale-like papillae. Seeds very dark brown, ovoid, 2-2.5 mm long.

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Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
Lepidium campestre (L.) R.Br.

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Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Lepidium campestre (L.) W.T.Aiton
United Kingdom

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1 January 2000
8 February 2013
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