Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Brassicales Bromhead
Family
Cruciferae
Genus
Lepidium L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lepidium amissum de Lange & Heenan in de Lange et al., PhytoKeys 24: 29 (2013)
Synonymy:
Holotype: New Zealand: Cliffs between Karekare and Manukau Heads, January 1917, T. F. Cheeseman s.n., AK 4474! Isotypes: AK 206570!, WELT SP030095!
Etymology:
The epithet 'amissum' is derived from the Latin 'amissus' meaning 'lost' and is used here to refer to the loss though extinction, of this plant from the New Zealand flora.
 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. [Extinct]
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. [Extinct]