Species
Maca
Lepidium meyenii
Varieties
1 entriesLepidium meyenii is a perennial Brassicaceae from the Andes. Lepidium peruvianum is a synonym, so these names do not necessarily identify separate species in a seed list.
Botanical names and group identity
The species belongs to a mountain flora extending from southern Peru to north-western Argentina.
Andean seed reference
Maca is the sowing-seed reference offered in bulk for seed resellers and garden centres.
At a glance
Species profile
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Lepidium meyenii
- Common names
- maca, peruvian-ginseng
- Synonyms
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- Lepidium affine, Lepidium gelidum, Lepidium meyenii f. rhombicum, Lepidium meyenii f. rotundatum, Lepidium meyenii subsp. gelidum, Lepidium meyenii var. affine, Lepidium meyenii var. gelidum, Lepidium peruvianum, Lepidium weddellii
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
- Species
- Lepidium meyenii