Carnegiea

genus of plants
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q8175886
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Carnegiea

Summary

Carnegiea is a monotypic taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Carnegiea's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[2].
  • Carnegiea is classified at the rank of genus[3].
  • Andrew Carnegie is named after Carnegiea[4].
  • Carnegiea belongs to the parent taxon Pachycereeae[5].
  • Carnegiea belongs to the parent taxon Echinocereinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Carnegiea is Carnegiea[7].
  • Carnegiea's Commons category is recorded as Carnegiea[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Carnegiea is Cereus giganteus[9].
  • Carnegiea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carnegiea[10].
  • Carnegiea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2101[11].
  • Carnegiea is commonly known as saguaro[12].
  • Carnegiea is commonly known as 巨人柱属[13].
  • Carnegiea is commonly known as reuzentoortscactus[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Carnegiea is Carnegiea[7]. Carnegiea is classified at the rank of genus[3]. Recorded parent taxon include Pachycereeae[5] and Echinocereinae[6]. The taxonomic type of Carnegiea is Cereus giganteus[9]. Recorded taxon common name include saguaro[12], 巨人柱属[13], and reuzentoortscactus[14].

Discovery and Description

Andrew Carnegie is named after Carnegiea[4].

Identifiers

Carnegiea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54451[15]. Carnegiea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 171968[16]. Carnegiea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61144[17]. Carnegiea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084368[18]. Carnegiea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500694[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . Cactussen. wikidata.org.
  18. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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  1. 27d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name saguaro, 巨人柱属, reuzentoortscactus
    Ncbi taxonomy id 171968
    Image Carnegiea gigantea (2).jpg
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