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Arctostaphylos

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Taxon taxon Q280566
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Arctostaphylos

Summary

Arctostaphylos is a taxon[1]. Arctostaphylos ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (320 views/month, #1,519 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Arctostaphylos's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Arctostaphylos is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Arctostaphylos belongs to the parent taxon Arbutoideae[5].
  • Arctostaphylos's scientific name is Arctostaphylos[6].
  • Arctostaphylos's Commons category is recorded as Arctostaphylos[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Arctostaphylos is Arctostaphylos uva-ursi[8].
  • Arctostaphylos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arctostaphylos[9].
  • Arctostaphylos's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Arctostaphylos's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=929[11].
  • Arctostaphylos's this taxon is source of is recorded as manzanita[12].
  • Arctostaphylos is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'manzanita'}[13].
  • Arctostaphylos is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '熊果属'}[14].
  • Arctostaphylos is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '熊葡萄属'}[15].
  • Arctostaphylos is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'gornik'}[16].
  • Arctostaphylos's uses is recorded as food[17].
  • Arctostaphylos's uses is recorded as antiseptic[18].
  • Arctostaphylos's uses is recorded as medication[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Arctostaphylos is Arctostaphylos[6]. Arctostaphylos is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Arctostaphylos belongs to the parent taxon Arbutoideae[5]. The taxonomic type of Arctostaphylos is Arctostaphylos uva-ursi[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'manzanita'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '熊果属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '熊葡萄属'}[15], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'gornik'}[16].

Identifiers

Arctostaphylos's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47179[20]. Arctostaphylos's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 83607[21]. Arctostaphylos's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38093[22]. Arctostaphylos's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882486[23]. Arctostaphylos's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23467[24].

Why It Matters

Arctostaphylos ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (320 views/month, #1,519 of 195,241).[2] Arctostaphylos has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Arctostaphylos is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . arboretum.ucsc.edu. arboretum.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . arboretum.ucsc.edu. arboretum.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . arboretum.ucsc.edu. arboretum.ucsc.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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    Taxonomic type → Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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