PLANTS Profile for Lepidium meyenii (maca)

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PLANTS Profile

Lepidium meyenii Walp.
maca

Symbol:

LEME19

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

None

Not in PFA

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Lepidium meyenii Walp.

Related Taxa:
Lepidium meyenii Walp.

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 48 species in Lepidium

Classification:
Lepidium meyenii Walp.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Lepidium L. – pepperweed
Species	Lepidium meyenii Walp. – maca

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Lepidium meyenii Walp.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 506211.

Time Generated: 05/26/2013 04:28 AM CDT