Lewisia

Summary

Lewisia is a taxon^[1]. Lewisia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month, #1,385 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lewisia's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Lewisia is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Meriwether Lewis is named after Lewisia^[5].
• Lewisia is classified within Montiaceae^[6].
• Lewisia's scientific name is Lewisia^[7].
• Lewisia's Commons category is recorded as Lewisia^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Lewisia is bitterroot^[9].
• Lewisia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lewisia^[10].
• Lewisia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6802^[11].
• Lewisia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '露薇花属'}^[12].
• Lewisia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '繁瓣花属'}^[13].
• Lewisia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Q107310019^[14].

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Classification

Lewisia's scientific name is Lewisia^[7]. Lewisia is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Lewisia is classified within Montiaceae^[6]. The taxonomic type of Lewisia is bitterroot^[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '露薇花属'}^[12] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '繁瓣花属'}^[13].

Discovery and Description

Meriwether Lewis is named after Lewisia^[5].

Identifiers

Lewisia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47364^[15]. Lewisia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 89080^[16]. Lewisia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 37675^[17]. Lewisia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084625^[18]. Lewisia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20473^[19].

Why It Matters

Lewisia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month, #1,385 of 195,241).^[2] Lewisia has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Lewisia is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]