Avicennia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q132645
Avicennia
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Avicennia

Summary

Avicennia is a taxon[1]. Avicennia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month, #1,585 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Avicennia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Avicennia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Avicenna is named after Avicennia[5].
  • Avicennia belongs to the parent taxon Acanthaceae[6].
  • Avicennia is classified within Avicennioideae[7].
  • Avicennia's scientific name is Avicennia[8].
  • Avicennia's Commons category is recorded as Avicennia[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Avicennia is Avicennia officinalis[10].
  • Avicennia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Avicennia[11].
  • Avicennia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Avicennia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(1)[13].
  • Avicennia's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • Avicennia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1194[15].
  • Avicennia is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Avitsennia'}[16].
  • Avicennia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Mustamangrovepuut'}[17].
  • Avicennia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Авиценния'}[18].
  • Avicennia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '海榄雌属'}[19].
  • Avicennia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海榄雌属'}[20].

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Classification

Avicennia's scientific name is Avicennia[8]. Avicennia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Acanthaceae[6] and Avicennioideae[7]. The taxonomic type of Avicennia is Avicennia officinalis[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Avitsennia'}[16], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Mustamangrovepuut'}[17], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Авиценния'}[18], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '海榄雌属'}[19], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海榄雌属'}[20].

Discovery and Description

Avicenna is named after Avicennia[5].

Identifiers

Avicennia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62865[21]. Avicennia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41377[22]. Avicennia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61049[23]. Avicennia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2925398[24]. Avicennia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32136[25].

Why It Matters

Avicennia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month, #1,585 of 195,241).[2] Avicennia has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Avicennia is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(1). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(1), Otto's encyclopedia
    Named after Avicenna
    Taxon rank genus
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