Lepidium nitidum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q4117677
Lepidium nitidum
Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Lepidium nitidum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lepidium[4]
  • Taxon name: Lepidium nitidum[5]
  • Commons category: Lepidium nitidum[6]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=316724[7]
  • Short name: L. nitidum[8]
  • Taxon common name: shining pepperweed[9]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[10]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[11]

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Identifiers

Lepidium nitidum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47202[12]. Lepidium nitidum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 153352[13]. Lepidium nitidum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 585520[14]. Lepidium nitidum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5376583[15]. Lepidium nitidum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22971[16].

Why It Matters

Lepidium nitidum has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Lepidium
    Taxon rank → species
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