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Carissa

genus of plants
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Carissa

Summary

Carissa is a taxon[1]. Carissa ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (640 views/month, #1,559 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carissa's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Carissa is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Carissa belongs to the parent taxon Carisseae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Carissa is Carissa[6].
  • Carissa's Commons category is recorded as Carissa[7].
  • Carissa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carissa[8].
  • Carissa's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • Carissa's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 63[10].
  • Carissa's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2090[11].
  • Carissa is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'carissa'}[12].
  • Carissa is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '假虎刺属'}[13].
  • Carissa is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '假虎刺属'}[14].
  • Carissa is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'karisa'}[15].
  • Carissa's homonymous taxon is recorded as Carissa[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Carissa is Carissa[6]. Carissa is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Carissa is classified within Carisseae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'carissa'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '假虎刺属'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '假虎刺属'}[14], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'karisa'}[15].

Identifiers

Carissa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 130216[17]. Carissa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 84860[18]. Carissa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3169761[19]. Carissa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 30163[20].

Why It Matters

Carissa ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (640 views/month, #1,559 of 195,241).[2] Carissa has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Carissa is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An updated classification for Apocynaceae. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An updated classification for Apocynaceae. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An updated classification for Apocynaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 63. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Carissa
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Carisseae
    Taxon rank → genus
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