Epimedium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q157746
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Epimedium

Summary

Epimedium is a taxon[1]. Epimedium ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,614 views/month, #1,329 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Epimedium received the perennial of the year[3].
  • Epimedium's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Epimedium is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Epimedium belongs to the parent taxon Epimediinae[6].
  • Epimedium's scientific name is Epimedium[7].
  • Epimedium's Commons category is recorded as Epimedium[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Epimedium is Epimedium alpinum[9].
  • Epimedium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Epimedium[10].
  • Epimedium's Commons gallery is recorded as Epimedium[11].
  • Epimedium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Epimedium's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[13].
  • Epimedium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 29[14].
  • Epimedium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4312[15].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'epimedium'}[16].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rowdy Lamb Herb'}[17].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Varjohiipat'}[18].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Ամլխոտ'}[19].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'イカリソウ属'}[20].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Keşişkülahı'}[21].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '淫羊藿属'}[22].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '淫羊藿属'}[23].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Elfenblumen'}[24].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sockenblume'}[25].
  • Epimedium is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vimček'}[26].
  • Epimedium's different from is recorded as Bispehue[27].

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Classification

Epimedium's scientific name is Epimedium[7]. Epimedium is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Epimedium belongs to the parent taxon Epimediinae[6]. The taxonomic type of Epimedium is Epimedium alpinum[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'epimedium'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rowdy Lamb Herb'}[17], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Varjohiipat'}[18], {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Ամլխոտ'}[19], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'イカリソウ属'}[20], and {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Keşişkülahı'}[21].

Identifiers

Epimedium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 127940[28]. Epimedium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 63350[29]. Epimedium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3033908[30]. Epimedium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500264[31].

Why It Matters

Epimedium ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,614 views/month, #1,329 of 195,241).[2] Epimedium has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Epimedium is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Epimedium receive?

Honors received include perennial of the year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Genera Plantarum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . staude-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . staude-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 29. wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Epimediinae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Award received perennial of the year
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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