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Garden Cress

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Garden cress, often called simply cress, is a fast-growing edible herb; the fuller name distinguishes it from other unrelated plants that are also commonly called cress. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Lepidium sativum 6

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 7

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Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Garden Cress

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Sources

1. Garden cress (Wikipedia)

lead sentence (diet), EntityId 359883

Quote, lead sentence (diet), EntityId 359883

Cress (Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress (or curly cress) to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress (from Old English cresse), is a fast-growing, edible herb.

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2. GBIF Species API

GBIF Species APIView the Source

3. Plants For A Future: Lepidium sativum

Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses

Quote, Medicinal Uses

The root is used in the treatment of secondary syphilis and tenesmus.

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Lepidium sativum

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45

"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Plants","language":"EN"},{"name":"Flora","language":"EN"}],"cites_listings":[]

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6. Wikipedia: Garden cress

WikipediaWikidata Q27033 (P225 taxon name)View the Source

7. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Lepidium sativum

GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 5376565, category field

Quote, GBIF taxon key 5376565, category field

"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Wikidata: Garden Cress

Child Taxon Of: Brassicaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

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