Bromeliaceae

family of monocot flowering plants
Taxon taxon Q156529
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Bromeliaceae

Summary

Bromeliaceae is a taxon[1]. Bromeliaceae ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,310 views/month, #1,015 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bromeliaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bromeliaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Bromeliaceae is classified within Bromeliales[5].
  • Bromeliaceae belongs to the parent taxon Commelinids[6].
  • Bromeliaceae belongs to the parent taxon Liliiflorae[7].
  • Bromeliaceae belongs to the parent taxon Epigynae[8].
  • Bromeliaceae is classified within Farinosae[9].
  • Bromeliaceae is classified within Poales[10].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Bromeliaceae is Bromeliaceae[11].
  • Bromeliaceae's Commons category is recorded as Bromeliaceae[12].
  • The taxonomic type of Bromeliaceae is Bromelia[13].
  • Bromeliaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bromeliaceae[14].
  • Bromeliaceae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Bromeliaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(3)[16].
  • Bromeliaceae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Bromeliaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=169[18].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'bromeliovité'}[19].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bromeliengewächse'}[20].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bromeliads'}[21].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Ananaskasvit'}[22].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Broméliacées'}[23].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Բրոմելազգիներ'}[24].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'パイナップル科'}[25].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Bromelia-achtigen'}[26].
  • Bromeliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Bromeliowate'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Bromeliaceae is Bromeliaceae[11]. Bromeliaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Bromeliales[5], Commelinids[6], Liliiflorae[7], Epigynae[8], Farinosae[9], and Poales[10]. The taxonomic type of Bromeliaceae is Bromelia[13]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'bromeliovité'}[19], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bromeliengewächse'}[20], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bromeliads'}[21], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Ananaskasvit'}[22], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Broméliacées'}[23], and {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Բրոմելազգիներ'}[24].

Identifiers

Bromeliaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49570[28]. Bromeliaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4613[29]. Bromeliaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8198[30]. Bromeliaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3740[31]. Bromeliaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42330[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Bromeliaceae include Bromeliad Trilogy[33], a novel series[34], written by Terry Pratchett[35].

Why It Matters

Bromeliaceae ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,310 views/month, #1,015 of 195,241).[2] Bromeliaceae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Bromeliaceae is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Bromeliaceae include Bromeliad Trilogy[33], a novel series[34], written by Terry Pratchett[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (ed. 9). wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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