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Bassia

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Bassia

Summary

Bassia is a taxon[1]. Bassia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bassia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bassia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Bassia belongs to the parent taxon Camphorosmeae[5].
  • Bassia's scientific name is Bassia[6].
  • Bassia's Commons category is recorded as Bassia[7].
  • Bassia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bassia[8].
  • Bassia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[9].
  • Bassia's taxon synonym is recorded as Kirilowia[10].
  • Bassia's taxon synonym is recorded as Echinopsilon[11].
  • Bassia's taxon synonym is recorded as Kochia[12].
  • Bassia's taxon synonym is recorded as Londesia[13].
  • Bassia's taxon synonym is recorded as Panderia[14].
  • Bassia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1321[15].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Radmelde'}[16].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'smotherweed'}[17].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kesäsypressit'}[18].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'suolukat'}[19].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Zoutkruid'}[20].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '雾冰藜属'}[21].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '沙冰藜属'}[22].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '雾冰藜属'}[23].
  • Bassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'metlovec'}[24].
  • Bassia's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Bassia[25].
  • Bassia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Bassia[26].

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Classification

Bassia's scientific name is Bassia[6]. Bassia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Bassia is classified within Camphorosmeae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Radmelde'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'smotherweed'}[17], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kesäsypressit'}[18], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'suolukat'}[19], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Zoutkruid'}[20], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '雾冰藜属'}[21].

Identifiers

Bassia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 58126[27]. Bassia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 83153[28]. Bassia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 24185[29]. Bassia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3083576[30]. Bassia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20585[31].

Why It Matters

Bassia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2] Bassia has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Bassia is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): Implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2). wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A checklist of vascular plants in Shaanxi Province, China (Version 2021). Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Kirilowia, Echinopsilon, Kochia +2
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)
    Homonymous taxon → Bassia
    Taxon rank → genus
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