Ballota

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q158853
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Ballota

Summary

Ballota is a taxon[1]. Ballota ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ballota's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ballota is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ballota is classified within Marrubieae[5].
  • Ballota's scientific name is Ballota[6].
  • Ballota's Commons category is recorded as Ballota[7].
  • Ballota's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballota[8].
  • Ballota's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • Ballota's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • Ballota's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1253[11].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'horehound'}[12].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'دانة'}[13].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Белакудранік'}[14].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'balota'}[15].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schwarznesseln'}[16].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Baloteo'}[17].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'فراسیون\u200cآسا'}[18].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Porrot'}[19].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'גלונית'}[20].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'hsb', 'text': 'Měrnica'}[21].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Mierznica'}[22].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Белокудренник'}[23].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'balota'}[24].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Ballote'}[25].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '宽萼苏属'}[26].
  • Ballota is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'lahkotnica'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ballota is Ballota[6]. Ballota is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Ballota is classified within Marrubieae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'horehound'}[12], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'دانة'}[13], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Белакудранік'}[14], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'balota'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schwarznesseln'}[16], and {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Baloteo'}[17].

Identifiers

Ballota's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 56159[28]. Ballota's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 155228[29]. Ballota's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 37664[30]. Ballota's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2926893[31]. Ballota's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32455[32].

Why It Matters

Ballota ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2] Ballota has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Ballota is known by 8 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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). 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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