Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Brassicales Bromhead
Family
Cruciferae
Genus
Lepidium L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lepidium rekohuense de Lange & Heenan in de Lange et al., PhytoKeys 24: 122 (2013)
Synonymy:
Holotype: Chatham Islands: Chatham (Rekohu) Island, Kaiangaroa, Kaiangaroa Point, 11 January 2006, P.J. de Lange CH405, J.W.D. Sawyer & A. Baird, Collection over three sheets comprising four pieces (one sterile) taken from the same plant. (AK 295129-AK 295131! Isotypes: BM!, CANB!, CHR!
Etymology:
The epithet 'rekohuense' is derived from 'Rekohu', the Moriori name for Chatham Island which is said to mean 'land of misty skies' (King 1989). This name was chosen to reflect the endemic status of this species on the Chatham Islands group.
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B.; Given, D.R.; Norton, D.A.; Ogle, C.C.; Johnson, P.N.; Cameron, E.K. 1999: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37: 603–628. [as Lepidium aff. oleraceum (a) (AK 230459; Chatham Islands)]
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.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76. [as Lepidium aff. oleraceum (a) (AK 230459; Chatham Islands)]
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]