Lophophora williamsii

species of plant, peyote
Taxon taxon Q271937
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Summary

Lophophora williamsii is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,966 views/month, #297 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Lophophora[5]
  • Taxon name: Lophophora williamsii[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7]
  • Has use: psychoactive drug[8], entheogen[9]
  • Commons category: Lophophora williamsii[10]
  • Has basionym: Echinocactus williamsii[11]
  • Commons gallery: Lophophora williamsii[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=22667[13]
  • Short name: L. williamsii[14]
  • Taxon common name: peyote[15], pejotl[16], echinokaktus Williamsa[17], 乌羽玉[18]
  • NatureServe conservation status: vulnerable[19]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[20]

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Identifiers

Lophophora williamsii's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 164777[21]. Lophophora williamsii's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 130138[22]. Lophophora williamsii's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 486998[23]. Lophophora williamsii's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5384220[24]. Lophophora williamsii's ITIS TSN is recorded as 503551[25].

Why It Matters

Lophophora williamsii has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Montenegro Marcella · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Reflora id → FB634143
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44470|batch #44470]]: inclusão id flora"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0425901-lofofora-Williamsova
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0425901-lofofora-Williamsova, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has basionym → Echinocactus williamsii
    Instance of → taxon
    Subclass of → —
    Natureserve conservation status → vulnerable
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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