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* Biscutella didyma L., Sp. Pl.: 653 (1753) subsp. didyma
Name already in use by Italian authors for an entity of Southern Italy, not found in Sicily
(Raffaelli 1991).
* Biscutella raphanifolia Poir., Voy. Barbarie 2: 198 (1789)
Name already in use by Italian botanists for a North-African entity, not found in Sicily (Raffaelli
1985a).
* Lepidium campestre (L.) R. Br. in W. T. Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 4: 88 (1812) [Bas.
Thlaspi campestre L., Sp. Pl.: 641 (1753); Lepia campestris (L.) Desv.]
Uncultivated land, ruins. – In Sicilia lungo le strade (Presl 1826); Castellobuono alle Croci
(Ucria 1789: sub Thlaspi campestre). Not found anymore afeter Presl. To be excluded according
to Gussone (1844) and Lojacono (1889: 120), reported in Fiori (1924: record Castelbuono alle
Croci), Fl. Europ. 1: 399 (1993) and Atlas Fl. Europ. 11: map 2785 (1996). Unknown specimens
and therefore to be searched in classic localities. – ?RR.
Lepidium hirtum (L.) Sm., Comp. Fl. Brit. ed. 3: 98 (1818) [Bas: Thlaspi hirtum L., Sp.
Pl.: 641 (1753)]
605. Lepidium hirtum subsp. nebrodense (Raf.) Thell. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges.
Zürich 51: 154 (1906) [Bas. Nasturtium nebrodense Raf., Précis Découv. Somiol.: 38
(1814); Lepidium bonannianum Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 2: 211 (1828); incl. L. calyco-
trichum Kunze]
According to Lojacono (1889) the binomial of Rafinesque should be applied to a distinct taxon
from L. calycotrichum. – Uncultivated land, pastures, cliffs. – Madonie, M. Cammarata, Caronia,
Capizzi, M. Scuderi, Etna, Floresta (Gussone 1828); Madonie a Piano Battaglia (Gussone 1845);
Lago Gurrida (Lopriore 1900); Montesori a Barrilà e Pizzo Cannella (Zodda 1908); Mistretta: tra
Montagna e Medda (Gramuglio 1954); Nicosia (Gentile 1960 a); Floresta bivio per Tortorici,
Monte Soro (Brullo & Grillo 1978); Madonie: Piano Battaglia, M. Mufara (Raimondo 1980);
Madonie: Quacella + P. Colla (Raimondo & al. 1990 b); Madonie a M. Ferro, Pomieri, Colma
Grande, S. Mauro Castelverde, Nebrodi a Mistretta, P. Candela, Peloritani, Randazzo (Raimondo
& al. 1994). – NC.

* Lepidium sativum L., Sp. Pl.: 644 (1753)
Uncultivated land. – Sfuggito alle colture presso Villarosa (Tineo, Nyman, Gussone) (Gussone
1845: 846); Canicattì (Lojacono 1889). Not collected anyfurther and perhaps exstinct.
* Lepidium virginicum L., Sp. Pl.: 645 (1753)
Along the roads and on ruins. – Reported at the train station of Catania by Ferro (1968), and not
further confirmed.
606. Lepidium densiflorum Schrad., Ind. Sem. Hort. Acad. Götting. 1832: 4 (1832) [L. vir-
ginicum L. var. densiflorum (Schrad.) Fiori]
Uncultivated land along the roads, ruins. – ?Pantani Capo Passero (Lopriore 1900: sub L. rude-
nd
rale L., forse identificazione erronea); Sicilia (Pignatti 1982). Confirmed in Fl. Europ. 2 ed. 1:
401 (1993). – RR.
Lepidium latifolium L., Sp. Pl.: 644 (1753)

607. Lepidium latifolium var. velutinum Hayek ex Thell., Lepidium: 161 (1906)