Adansonia

Summary

Adansonia is a taxon^[1]. Adansonia ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,999 views/month, #681 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Adansonia's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Adansonia is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Michel Adanson is named after Adansonia^[5].
• Adansonia is classified within Bombacoideae^[6].
• Adansonia's scientific name is Adansonia^[7].
• Adansonia is a type of Bombacoideae^[8].
• Adansonia's Commons category is recorded as Adansonia^[9].
• The taxonomic type of Adansonia is Adansonia digitata^[10].
• Adansonia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Adansonia^[11].
• Adansonia's Commons gallery is recorded as Adansonia^[12].
• Adansonia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[13].
• Adansonia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon^[14].
• Adansonia's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• Adansonia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16].
• Adansonia's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[17].
• Adansonia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[18].
• Adansonia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)^[19].
• Adansonia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=167^[20].
• Adansonia's this taxon is source of is recorded as baobab wood^[21].
• Adansonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ak', 'text': 'ɔdadeɛ'}^[22].
• Adansonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'bm', 'text': 'Nsirasun'}^[23].
• Adansonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Affenbrotbaum'}^[24].
• Adansonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ee', 'text': 'Adido'}^[25].
• Adansonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Baobab'}^[26].
• Adansonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Baobabo'}^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Adansonia is Adansonia^[7]. Adansonia is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Adansonia belongs to the parent taxon Bombacoideae^[6]. The taxonomic type of Adansonia is Adansonia digitata^[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ak', 'text': 'ɔdadeɛ'}^[22], {'lang': 'bm', 'text': 'Nsirasun'}^[23], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Affenbrotbaum'}^[24], {'lang': 'ee', 'text': 'Adido'}^[25], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Baobab'}^[26], and {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Baobabo'}^[27].

Discovery and Description

Michel Adanson is named after Adansonia^[5].

Identifiers

Adansonia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 81507^[28]. Adansonia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 69108^[29]. Adansonia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71375^[30]. Adansonia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152213^[31]. Adansonia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21590^[32].

Why It Matters

Adansonia ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,999 views/month, #681 of 195,241).^[2] Adansonia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Adansonia is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]