Boerhavia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q311180
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Boerhavia

Summary

Boerhavia is a taxon[1]. Boerhavia ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month, #1,606 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boerhavia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Boerhavia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Herman Boerhaave is named after Boerhavia[5].
  • Boerhavia belongs to the parent taxon Nyctaginaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Boerhavia is Boerhavia[7].
  • Boerhavia's Commons category is recorded as Boerhavia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Boerhavia is Boerhavia diffusa[9].
  • Boerhavia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Boerhavia[10].
  • Boerhavia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 26[11].
  • Boerhavia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1541[12].
  • Boerhavia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'spiderling'}[13].
  • Boerhavia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '黄细心属'}[14].
  • Boerhavia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黄细心属'}[15].
  • Boerhavia's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Boerhavia[16].

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Classification

Boerhavia's scientific name is Boerhavia[7]. Boerhavia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Boerhavia is classified within Nyctaginaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Boerhavia is Boerhavia diffusa[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'spiderling'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '黄细心属'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黄细心属'}[15].

Discovery and Description

Herman Boerhaave is named after Boerhavia[5].

Identifiers

Boerhavia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72014[17]. Boerhavia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 122399[18]. Boerhavia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52916[19]. Boerhavia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3086275[20]. Boerhavia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19667[21].

Why It Matters

Boerhavia ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month, #1,606 of 195,241).[2] Boerhavia has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Boerhavia is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 26. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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