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Catharanthus

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Catharanthus

Summary

Catharanthus is a taxon[1]. Catharanthus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month, #1,539 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Catharanthus's image is recorded as Catharanthus pusillus (Tiny Periwinkle) W2 IMG 3209.jpg[3].
  • Catharanthus's image is recorded as Catharanthus roseus white CC-BY-SA.jpg[4].
  • Catharanthus's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Catharanthus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Catharanthus's parent taxon is recorded as Catharanthinae[7].
  • Catharanthus's taxon name is recorded as Catharanthus[8].
  • Catharanthus's Commons category is recorded as Catharanthus[9].
  • Catharanthus's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D030008[10].
  • Catharanthus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02q31s[11].
  • Catharanthus's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.875.800.575.912.250.456.500.260[12].
  • Catharanthus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4057[13].
  • Catharanthus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 30167[14].
  • Catharanthus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 112033[15].
  • Catharanthus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3169829[16].
  • Catharanthus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Catharanthus[17].
  • Catharanthus's Tropicos ID is recorded as 40002721[18].
  • Catharanthus's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 2251-1[19].
  • Catharanthus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 63[20].
  • Catharanthus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as plant/Madagascar-periwinkle[21].
  • Catharanthus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2178[22].
  • Catharanthus's this taxon is source of is recorded as Catharanthus alkaloid[23].
  • Catharanthus's Flora of North America taxon ID is recorded as 105876[24].
  • Catharanthus's Flora of China ID is recorded as 105876[25].
  • Catharanthus's USDA PLANTS ID is recorded as CATHA[26].
  • Catharanthus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'periwinkle'}[27].

Why It Matters

Catharanthus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (106 views/month, #1,539 of 195,241).[2] Catharanthus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Catharanthus is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An updated classification for Apocynaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . An updated classification for Apocynaceae. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An updated classification for Apocynaceae. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Flora of China. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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