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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Lepidium meyenii Walp.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Brassicaceae in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lepidium gelidum
Species recognized by Bolivia Species List and Mexico Species List
Lepidium meyenii
Recognized by ECOCROP
Lepidium meyenii Walp.
Recognized by EOL staff
Lepidium meyenii Walp. (1843)
Recognized by IABIN
Lepidium meyenii
Recognized by TRY summarized records

Alternative Names

Lepidium gelidum Wedd.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Brassicaceae in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lepidium orbignyanum Wedd.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Brassicaceae in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Lepidium gelidum Wedd.
Lepidium meyeni f. rhombicum Thell.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lepidium meyeni f. rotundatum Thell.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lepidium meyeni subsp. affine Thell.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lepidium orbignyanum Wedd.
Lepidium affine Wedd.
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lepidium gelidum Wedd.
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lepidium gelidum Wedd.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lepidium meyenii subsp. gelidum (Wedd.) Thell.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lepidium meyenii var. affine (Wedd.) Thell.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lepidium orbignyanum Wedd.
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lepidium orbignyanum Wedd.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lepidium peruvianum Chacón de Popovici
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lepidium weddellii J. F. Macbr.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lepidium weddellii O. E. Schulz
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

maca preferred

Arabic

عشبة الماكا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bashkir

Ҡандалагөл preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

印加萝卜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
玛咖
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

řeřicha peruánská preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Andienkrassi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

French

Maca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Maca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Μάκα preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

maca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

マカ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

마카 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Peruvinė pipirnė preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

Мака preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

جینسینگ پرویی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Quechua

Maka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Maca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Мака перуанская preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Peruanska maka preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Žerucha peruánska preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Maca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Maca preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

عشبة الماكا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

印加萝卜 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Lepidium meyenii Walp.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Lepidium
131 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales Bromhead
Brassicaceae
Lepidium
154 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Lepidium
130 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Superrosids
Rosids
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Lepidium
131 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Lepidium L.
154 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Plantae
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliopsida
Rosanae
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Lepidium L.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
eudicotyledons
Gunneridae
Pentapetalae
rosids
malvids
Brassicales
Brassicaceae
Lepidieae
Lepidium
Lepidium meyenii (this page)
44 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.