Camellia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q212815
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Camellia

Summary

Camellia is a taxon[1]. Camellia ranks in the top 0.32% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,219 views/month, #619 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Camellia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Camellia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Camellia belongs to the parent taxon Theaceae[5].
  • Camellia's scientific name is Camellia[6].
  • Camellia's Commons category is recorded as Camellia[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Camellia is Camellia japonica[8].
  • Camellia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Camellia[9].
  • Camellia's Commons gallery is recorded as Camellia[10].
  • Camellia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Camellia's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12].
  • Camellia's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[13].
  • Camellia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(3)[14].
  • Camellia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Camellia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Camellia's taxon synonym is recorded as Thea[17].
  • Camellia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1985[18].
  • Camellia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'camellia'}[19].
  • Camellia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '山茶属'}[20].
  • Camellia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山茶属'}[21].
  • Camellia's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

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Classification

Camellia's scientific name is Camellia[6]. Camellia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Camellia is classified within Theaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Camellia is Camellia japonica[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'camellia'}[19], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '山茶属'}[20], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山茶属'}[21].

Identifiers

Camellia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 83058[23]. Camellia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4441[24]. Camellia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3189634[25]. Camellia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500689[26].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Camellia include Camellia Factory[27], a female idol group[28], founded in 2015[29] and Chinzan-sō Garden[30], a Japanese garden[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1877[33].

Why It Matters

Camellia ranks in the top 0.32% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,219 views/month, #619 of 195,241).[2] Camellia has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Camellia is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Camellia include Camellia Factory[27], a female idol group[28], founded in 2015[29] and Chinzan-sō Garden[30], a Japanese garden[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1877[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(3). wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxonomic type Camellia japonica
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    Taxon synonym Thea
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