Lepidium perfoliatum L. belongs to the Brassicaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Lepidium
Specific Epithet
perfoliatum
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#86,499 of 335,497
Top 26%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
Iraq, Kurdistan, Halabja Governorate
35.222361, 46.1205
Location Remarks
Hawraman Mtns. Road between Byara and Tawella, c. 1.2 km south of Byara village center, near Byara Mosque, just south of a tight curve in the road toward east-northeast. 1182 m elev.
Collectors
Saman Abdulraman, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
By a small stream and a rock wall in the walnut grove. Weedy stream bank.