Lotus

Summary

Lotus is a taxon^[1]. Lotus ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month, #1,524 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lotus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Lotus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Lotus is classified within Loteae^[5].
• Lotus's scientific name is Lotus^[6].
• Lotus's Commons category is recorded as Lotus (Fabaceae)^[7].
• Lotus's Unicode character is recorded as 🪷^[8].
• Lotus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lotus (genus)^[9].
• Lotus's Commons gallery is recorded as Lotus (Fabaceae)^[10].
• Lotus's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[11].
• Lotus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2)^[12].
• Lotus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[13].
• Lotus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[14].
• Lotus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6984^[15].
• Lotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'trefoil'}^[16].
• Lotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Rolklaver'}^[17].
• Lotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '百脉根属'}^[18].
• Lotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '百脉根属'}^[19].
• Lotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'nokota'}^[20].

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Classification

Lotus's scientific name is Lotus^[6]. Lotus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Lotus belongs to the parent taxon Loteae^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'trefoil'}^[16], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Rolklaver'}^[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '百脉根属'}^[18], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '百脉根属'}^[19], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'nokota'}^[20].

Identifiers

Lotus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47436^[21]. Lotus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3867^[22]. Lotus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 27791^[23]. Lotus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10220564^[24]. Lotus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26361^[25].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Lotus include Furongian^[26], an epoch^[27].

Why It Matters

Lotus ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month, #1,524 of 195,241).^[2] Lotus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Lotus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Entities named for Lotus include Furongian^[26], an epoch^[27].