Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Lepidium didymum L.

mastuerzo de las Indias, quimpe, lesser swine-cress

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Capparales

Family
Brassicaceae

Genus
Lepidium

Species
didymum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm., Senebiera pinnatifida DC. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1835

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Al-Shehbaz, I.A. Mummenhoff, K. & Appel, O. (2002) Cardaria, Coronopus, and Stroganowia are united with Lepidium (Brassicaceae) Novon 12(1): 5–11.
  • Andersson, N.J. (1855) Om Galápagos Öarnes Vegetation. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps Akademien Handl., Stockholm: 61-256.
  • Hooker, J.D. (1847) An Enumeration of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 20: 163-233.
  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lepidium didymum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16145. Accessed 5 April 2026.