Lepidium L.
(pepperworts)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Lepidium campestre Field Pepperwort	Species		45 images
Lepidium coronopus Swine-cress	Species		8 images
Lepidium didymum Lesser Swine-cress	Species		21 images
Lepidium draba Hoary Cress	Species	1 subtaxa	13 images
Lepidium heterophyllum Smith’s Pepperwort	Species		9 images
Lepidium latifolium Dittander	Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Lepidium (pepperworts)
Family	BRASSICACEAE (cabbages, cresses etc.)
Order	BRASSICALES (cabbages, cresses, weld, mignonette, spiderflowers and garden nasturtiums)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lepidium is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Brassicaceae)

Lepidium (pepperworts) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BRASSICACEAE
(cabbages, cresses etc.)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lepidium (pepperworts)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 24 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lepidium (pepperworts)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lepidium is also a member of:

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)