Allium

genus of flowering plants
Taxon taxon Q49391
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Allium

Summary

Allium is a taxon[1]. Allium ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,297 views/month, #543 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Allium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Allium's instance of is recorded as parivyaya[4].
  • Allium is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Allium is classified within Allieae[6].
  • Allium's scientific name is Allium[7].
  • Allium's Commons category is recorded as Allium[8].
  • Allium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Allium[9].
  • Allium's Commons gallery is recorded as Allium[10].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14[16].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Q19133013[19].
  • Allium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • Allium's taxon synonym is recorded as Berenice[21].
  • Allium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=403[22].
  • Allium's topic has template is recorded as Template:Taxonomy/Allium[23].
  • Allium's this taxon is source of is recorded as scallion[24].
  • Allium is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Look'}[25].
  • Allium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '葱属'}[26].
  • Allium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '葱属'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Allium is Allium[7]. Allium is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Allium belongs to the parent taxon Allieae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Look'}[25], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '葱属'}[26], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '葱属'}[27], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'luk'}[28], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Onion'}[29].

Identifiers

Allium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47357[30]. Allium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4678[31]. Allium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 17858[32]. Allium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9624496[33]. Allium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42634[34].

Why It Matters

Allium ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,297 views/month, #543 of 195,241).[2] Allium has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Allium is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . PAEnflowered: Flora of Pennsylvania. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxon rank genus
    Taxon synonym Berenice
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language +7
    Instance of taxon, parivyaya
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