Althaea

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q157706
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Althaea

Summary

Althaea is a taxon[1]. Althaea ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (786 views/month, #1,542 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Althaea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Althaea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Althaea is named after Althaea[5].
  • Althaea belongs to the parent taxon Malveae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Althaea is Althaea[7].
  • Althaea's Commons category is recorded as Althaea[8].
  • Althaea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Althaea[9].
  • Althaea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Althaea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Althaea's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • Althaea's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Althaea's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Althaea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)[15].
  • Althaea's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • Althaea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=464[17].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'marshmallow'}[18].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Rohtosalkoruusut'}[19].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Läkemalvesläktet'}[20].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Алтея'}[21].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Heemst'}[22].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蜀葵属'}[23].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '药葵属'}[24].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蜀葵属'}[25].
  • Althaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'slez'}[26].
  • Althaea's different from is recorded as decorative perennial plant[27].

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Classification

Althaea's scientific name is Althaea[7]. Althaea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Althaea is classified within Malveae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'marshmallow'}[18], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Rohtosalkoruusut'}[19], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Läkemalvesläktet'}[20], {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Алтея'}[21], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Heemst'}[22], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蜀葵属'}[23].

Discovery and Description

Althaea is named after Althaea[5].

Identifiers

Althaea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52566[28]. Althaea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 145744[29]. Althaea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71371[30]. Althaea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152518[31]. Althaea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21609[32].

Why It Matters

Althaea ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (786 views/month, #1,542 of 195,241).[2] Althaea has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Althaea is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . 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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . eFloras. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Named after Althaea
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Malveae
    Taxon rank genus
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