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Meriwether Lewis collected many hundreds of plants on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. All of the plants Lewis collected in the first months of the Expedition were cached near the Missouri River to be retrieved on the return journey. The cache was completely destroyed by Missouri flood waters.
Lewisia is a plant genus, named for the American explorer Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) who encountered the species in 1806. The native habitat of Lewisia species is rocky ground and cliffs in western North America. Native Americans ate the roots, which have also been used to treat sore throats.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. American explorer and Governor (1774–1809) Meriwether Lewis Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, c. 1807 2nd Governor of the Louisiana Territory In office March 3, 1807 – October 11, 1809 Appointed by Thomas Jefferson Preceded by James Wilkinson Succeeded by Benjamin Howard Commander of ...
In 1803, Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery and named Army Captain Meriwether Lewis its leader, who then invited William Clark to co-lead the expedition with him. [19] Lewis demonstrated remarkable skills and potential as a frontiersman, and Jefferson made efforts to prepare him for the long journey ahead as the expedition was ...
The type specimen for this species was gathered by Meriwether Lewis along the Columbia River during the return trip of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1806. [10] As of April 2024, the following varieties are accepted by Plants of the World Online in addition to Trillium ovatum Pursh: [11] Trillium ovatum var. oettingeri (Munz & Thorne) Case
Meriwether Lewis ate bitterroot in 1805 and 1806 during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The specimens he brought back were identified and given their scientific name, Lewisia rediviva , by a German-American botanist, Frederick Pursh . [ 8 ]
Trillium petiolatum was first described by the German–American botanist Frederick Traugott Pursh in 1813. [2] The type specimen for this species was gathered by Meriwether Lewis along the Clearwater River (originally called Koos-Koos-Kai-Kai by the Nez Perce people) during the return trip of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1806.
It was described by Meriwether Lewis close to Kamiah, Idaho during the Lewis and Clark Expedition and it was subsequently brought back as a botanical specimen. The discovery was first described on May 28, 1806, by William Clark and subsequently by Lewis on June 1 of that year in a journal entry stating that: