Balanophora

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q8240497
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Balanophora

Summary

Balanophora is a taxon[1]. Balanophora ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balanophora's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Balanophora is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Balanophora belongs to the parent taxon Balanophoraceae[5].
  • Balanophora's scientific name is Balanophora[6].
  • Balanophora's Commons category is recorded as Balanophora[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Balanophora is Balanophora fungosa[8].
  • Balanophora's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balanophora[9].
  • Balanophora's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 24[10].
  • Balanophora's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1242[11].
  • Balanophora is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蛇菰属'}[12].
  • Balanophora is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蛇菰属'}[13].

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Classification

Balanophora's scientific name is Balanophora[6]. Balanophora is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Balanophora belongs to the parent taxon Balanophoraceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Balanophora is Balanophora fungosa[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蛇菰属'}[12] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蛇菰属'}[13].

Identifiers

Balanophora's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 337642[14]. Balanophora's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 25674[15]. Balanophora's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7147880[16]. Balanophora's ITIS TSN is recorded as 895600[17].

Why It Matters

Balanophora ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month, #1,614 of 195,241).[2] Balanophora has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

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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. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 24. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · HsfBot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 24
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Balanophoraceae
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Add Indonesian Wikipedia sitelink: [[id:Balanophora]]"
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