Lewisia
Encyclopedia
Lewisia is a plant genus
, named for Meriwether Lewis
.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
, named for Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark...
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Species include:
- Lewisia brachycalyxLewisia brachycalyxLewisia brachycalyx is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name shortsepal lewisia. It is native to the mountains of the southwestern United States and Baja California, where it grows in moist habitat such as meadows. It is a perennial herb growing from a short...
Engelm.George EngelmannGeorge Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly-known; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico.-Origins:George Engelmann was born in Frankfurt...
ex A.GrayAsa Gray-References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001....
: USA (CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, ArizonaArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, UtahUtahUtah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
), MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
(Baja CaliforniaBaja CaliforniaBaja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
) - Lewisia canteloviiLewisia canteloviiLewisia cantelovii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Cantelow's lewisia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northeastern mountain ranges from the Klamath Mountains to the northern Sierra Nevada. It grows in rocky, moist...
J.T.HowellJohn Thomas HowellJohn Thomas Howell was an American botanist and Eriogonum expert. He was the assistant of Alice Eastwood.The genus Johanneshowellia of the Polygonaceae family is named in his honor.-References:...
: USA (California, NevadaNevadaNevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
)- Lewisia cantelovii var. cantelovii: USA (California, Nevada)
- Lewisia cantelovii var. serrata (Heckard & Stebbins) Hogan & Hershk.: USA (California)
- Lewisia columbianaLewisia columbianaLewisia columbiana is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Columbian lewisia. It is native to the western United States and British Columbia, where it grows in rocky mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb growing from a short, thick taproot and caudex unit...
(J.T.HowellJohn Thomas HowellJohn Thomas Howell was an American botanist and Eriogonum expert. He was the assistant of Alice Eastwood.The genus Johanneshowellia of the Polygonaceae family is named in his honor.-References:...
ex A.GrayAsa Gray-References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001....
) B.L.Rob.Benjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.-External links:*...
- Lewisia columbiana var. columbiana: CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
(British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
), USA (Washington, OregonOregonOregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
) - Lewisia columbiana var. rupicola (English) C.L.Hitchc.: Canada (British Columbia), USA (Washington, Oregon)
- Lewisia columbiana var. wallowensis C.L.Hitchc.: USA (IdahoIdahoIdaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, MontanaMontanaMontana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
, Oregon)
- Lewisia columbiana var. columbiana: Canada
- Lewisia congdoniiLewisia congdoniiLewisia congdonii, known by the common name Congdon's lewisia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the purslane family.-Description:...
(Rydb.Per Axel RydbergPer Axel Rydberg was a Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. -Biography:...
) S.Clay: USA (California)
- Lewisia cotyledonLewisia cotyledonLewisia cotyledon is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common names Siskiyou lewisia and cliff maids. It is native to southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in rocky subalpine mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb growing from a thick taproot and...
(S.WatsonSereno WatsonSereno Watson was an American botanist.Graduating from Yale in 1847, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he joined the Clarence King Expedition and eventually became its expedition botanist...
) B.L.Rob.Benjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.-External links:*...
- Lewisia cotyledon var. cotyledon: USA (Oregon, California)
- Lewisia cotyledon var. heckneri (C.V.MortonConrad Vernon MortonConrad Vernon Morton was an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.- Publications :...
) Munz: USA (California) - Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii (S.WatsonSereno WatsonSereno Watson was an American botanist.Graduating from Yale in 1847, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he joined the Clarence King Expedition and eventually became its expedition botanist...
) Jeps.Willis Linn JepsonWillis Linn Jepson is known as California's most distinguished early botanist. He became interested in botany as a boy and explored adjacent regions. He had come in contact with various botanists before he entered college...
: USA (Oregon, California)
- Lewisia disepalaLewisia disepalaLewisia disepala is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Yosemite lewisia.-Description:Lewisia disepala is is a petite perennial herb growing from a thick branching taproot and short caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of many small leaves no more than...
Rydb.Per Axel RydbergPer Axel Rydberg was a Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. -Biography:...
: USA (California) - Lewisia kelloggiiLewisia kelloggiiLewisia kelloggii is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Kellogg's lewisia. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it is known from several sites high in the mountains. It grows in rocky mountain habitat in granite and slate substrates. This...
K.Brandegee- Lewisia kelloggii var. hutchinsonii Dempster: USA (California)
- Lewisia kelloggii var. kelloggii: USA (California, Idaho)
- Lewisia leeanaLewisia leeanaLewisia leeana is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name quill-leaf lewisia. It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Ranges. This is a perennial herb growing from narrow, woody taproot connected...
(Porter) B.L.Rob.Benjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.-External links:*...
: USA (California, Oregon) - Lewisia longipetalaLewisia longipetalaLewisia longipetala is a rare species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common names long-petalled lewisia and Truckee lewisia. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it is known from less than 20 locations in areas not far from Lake Tahoe...
(Piper) S.Clay: USA (California) - Lewisia maguireiLewisia maguireiLewisia maguirei is a rare species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Maguire's lewisia, or Maguire's bitterroot. It is endemic to Nevada in the United States, where it is known only from eastern Nye County....
A.H.Holmgren: USA (Nevada) - Lewisia nevadensisLewisia nevadensisLewisia nevadensis is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Nevada lewisia. It is native to much of the western United States, where it grows in moist mountain habitat, such as meadows. This is a small perennial herb growing from a taproot and caudex unit...
(A.GrayAsa Gray-References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001....
) B.L.Rob.Benjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.-External links:*...
: USA (Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, New MexicoNew MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
) - Lewisia oppositifoliaLewisia oppositifoliaLewisia oppositifolia is a rare species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name opposite-leaf lewisia. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of Josephine County, Oregon, and Del Norte County, California, where it is a local serpentine endemic generally found in moist...
(S.WatsonSereno WatsonSereno Watson was an American botanist.Graduating from Yale in 1847, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he joined the Clarence King Expedition and eventually became its expedition botanist...
) B.L.Rob.Benjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.-External links:*...
: USA (Oregon, California) - Lewisia pygmaeaLewisia pygmaeaLewisia pygmaea is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name alpine lewisia and pygmy bitterroot. It is native to western North America from Alaska and Alberta to California and New Mexico, where it grows in many types of moist, rocky mountain habitat, such as...
(A.GrayAsa Gray-References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001....
) B.L.Rob.Benjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.-External links:*...
: Canada (Yukon Territory, British-Columbia), USA (AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, California, Arizona)
- Lewisia rediviva PurshFrederick Traugott PurshFrederick Traugott Pursh was a German-American botanist.Born in Grossenhain, Saxony, to the name Friedrich Traugott Pursh, he was educated at Dresden Botanical Gardens, and emigrated to the United States in 1799...
(BitterrootBitterrootBitterroot is a small, low plant with a pink to white flower. It is the state flower of Montana, United States....
; the state flower of MontanaMontanaMontana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...
)- Lewisia rediviva var. minor (Rydb.Per Axel RydbergPer Axel Rydberg was a Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. -Biography:...
) Munz: USA (California, Nevada, Utah) - Lewisia rediviva var. rediviva: Canada (British-Columbia), USA (Montana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, WyomingWyomingWyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, California, Arizona)
- Lewisia rediviva var. minor (Rydb.
- Lewisia sacajaweana B.L.Wilson: USA (Idaho)
- Lewisia stebbinsiiLewisia stebbinsiiLewisia stebbinsii is a rare species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Stebbins' lewisia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from less than fifteen sites in the Inner North Coast Ranges of Mendocino and Trinity Counties, mainly in Mendocino National...
Gankin & W.R.Hildreth: USA (California) - Lewisia triphyllaLewisia triphyllaLewisia triphylla is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name threeleaf lewisia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in mountain and forest habitat, often in wet, rocky alpine areas where it may...
(S.WatsonSereno WatsonSereno Watson was an American botanist.Graduating from Yale in 1847, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he joined the Clarence King Expedition and eventually became its expedition botanist...
) B.L.Rob.Benjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.-External links:*...
: Canada (British-Columbia), USA (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, California, Arizona)