Calluna

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q6983007
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Calluna

Summary

Calluna is a taxon[1]. Calluna ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,823 views/month, #1,048 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Calluna's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Calluna is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Calluna is classified within Ericaceae[5].
  • Calluna's scientific name is Calluna[6].
  • Calluna's Commons category is recorded as Calluna[7].
  • Calluna's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Calluna vulgaris[8].
  • Calluna's described by source is recorded as Q19133013[9].
  • Calluna's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Calluna's described by source is recorded as Transactions of the Linnean Society of London[11].
  • Calluna's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[12].
  • Calluna's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Calluna's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Calluna's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15].
  • Calluna's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1907[16].
  • Calluna is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Heather'}[17].
  • Calluna is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '帚石南属'}[18].
  • Calluna is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '佳萝属'}[19].
  • Calluna is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vresa'}[20].
  • Calluna's different from is recorded as Wrzos, Masovian Voivodeship[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Calluna is Calluna[6]. Calluna is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Calluna is classified within Ericaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Heather'}[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '帚石南属'}[18], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '佳萝属'}[19], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vresa'}[20].

Identifiers

Calluna's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119451[22]. Calluna's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13384[23]. Calluna's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71277[24]. Calluna's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882481[25]. Calluna's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23633[26].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Calluna include September[27], a calendar month[28].

Why It Matters

Calluna ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,823 views/month, #1,048 of 195,241).[2] Calluna has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Calluna is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for Calluna include September[27], a calendar month[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q29866359. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q29866359. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Q29866359. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . 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. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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