Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Brassicales Bromhead
Family
Cruciferae
Genus
Lepidium L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lepidium aegrum Heenan & de Lange in de Lange et al., PhytoKeys 24: 22 (2013)
Synonymy:
Holotype: New Zealand: Canterbury, Lincoln, Landcare Research experimental nursery, ex Banks Peninsula, rock stack near Island Bay, May 2011, P.B. Heenan s.n., CHR 616211!
Etymology:
The specific epithet 'aegrum' is derived from Latin, meaning ‘diseased and/or sick body’ and refers to the condition of the plants in the single known extant wild population on the unnamed rock stack near Island Bay, many of which are infected with turnip mosiac virus (Fletcher et al. 2009).
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Houliston, G.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Mitchell, A.D. 2013: New Lepidium (Brassicaceae) from New Zealand. PhytoKeys 24: 1–147.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Nationally Critical]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Nationally Critical]