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Cassiope

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q574564
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Cassiope

Summary

Cassiope is a taxon[1]. Cassiope ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (203 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cassiope's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cassiope is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cassiopeia is named after Cassiope[5].
  • Cassiope belongs to the parent taxon Cassiopoideae[6].
  • Cassiope's scientific name is Cassiope[7].
  • Cassiope's Commons category is recorded as Cassiope[8].
  • Cassiope's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cassiope[9].
  • Cassiope's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(3)[10].
  • Cassiope's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2149[11].
  • Cassiope is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mountain heather'}[12].
  • Cassiope is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '岩须属'}[13].
  • Cassiope is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '岩须属'}[14].
  • Cassiope is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '锦绦花属'}[15].
  • Cassiope's taxon author citation is recorded as D. Don[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cassiope is Cassiope[7]. Cassiope is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cassiope is classified within Cassiopoideae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mountain heather'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '岩须属'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '岩须属'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '锦绦花属'}[15].

Discovery and Description

Cassiopeia is named after Cassiope[5].

Identifiers

Cassiope's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 60529[17]. Cassiope's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13404[18]. Cassiope's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71282[19]. Cassiope's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882766[20]. Cassiope's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23534[21].

Why It Matters

Cassiope ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (203 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2] Cassiope has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Cassiope is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The Edinburgh new philosophical journal. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(3). wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(3)
    Named after → Cassiopeia
    Fossilworks taxon id → 9602
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