Cactaceae
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Summary
Cactaceae is a taxon[1]. Cactaceae ranks in the top 0.2% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,223 views/month, #383 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: family[3]
- Parent taxon: Caryophyllales[4], Centrospermae[5], Ficoidales[6], Opuntiales[7], Portulacineae[8], Cactineae[9]
- Taxon name: Cactaceae[10]
- Commons category: Cactaceae[11]
- Taxonomic type: Cactus[12]
- Unicode character: 🌵[13]
- Temporal range start: Eocene[14]
- Start time: 1789[15], 35000000 BC[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cacti[17]
- Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[18], Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], Otto's encyclopedia[21], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1)[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[27]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=186[28]
- This taxon is source of: Cactus fruits[29]
- Taxon common name: 선인장과[30], วงศ์โบตั๋น[31], サボテン[32], صبار[33], ক্যাক্টাস[34], Kakteengewächse[35], 선인장[36], Κάκτος[37], कैक्टस[38], 仙人掌科[39], kaktusi[40], ကန္တာရဆူးပင်[41]
- Different from: Cactus[42]
- Uses: CAM photosynthesis[43]
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Identifiers
Cactaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3593[44]. Cactaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4228[45]. Cactaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2519[46]. Cactaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19685[47].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Cactaceae include Izu Shaboten Zoo[48], a zoo[49], in Japan[50], founded in 1959[51].
Why It Matters
Cactaceae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Cactaceae is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Cactaceae include Izu Shaboten Zoo[48], a zoo[49], in Japan[50], founded in 1959[51].