Lens

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Taxon taxon Q148983
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Lens

Summary

Lens is a taxon[1]. Lens ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lens's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lens is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Lens belongs to the parent taxon Fabeae[5].
  • Lens's scientific name is Lens[6].
  • Lens's Commons category is recorded as Vicia[7].
  • Lens's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lens (Fabaceae)[8].
  • Lens's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2)[9].
  • Lens's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • Lens's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6643[11].
  • Lens is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lentil'}[12].
  • Lens is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '兵豆属'}[13].
  • Lens is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '兵豆属'}[14].
  • Lens's different from is recorded as Lens culinaris[15].
  • Lens's homonymous taxon is recorded as Lens[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lens is Lens[6]. Lens is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lens belongs to the parent taxon Fabeae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lentil'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '兵豆属'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '兵豆属'}[14].

Identifiers

Lens's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57306[17]. Lens's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3863[18]. Lens's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 27812[19]. Lens's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2946864[20]. Lens's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26762[21].

Why It Matters

Lens ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2] Lens has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Lens is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny – The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny – The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2). wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Fabeae
    Described by source Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2), The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge
    Homonymous taxon Lens
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    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1843]]: leča"
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