Lepidium quitense

Lepidium quitense is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It occurs only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Lepidium quitense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Lepidium
Species:
L. quitense
Binomial name
Lepidium quitense

References

  1. León-Yánez, S. & Pitman, N. 2003. Lepidium quitense. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.


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