Centaurea

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q156414
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Centaurea

Summary

Centaurea is a taxon[1]. Centaurea ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (262 views/month, #1,369 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Centaurea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Centaurea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Centaurea belongs to the parent taxon Centaureinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Centaurea is Centaurea[6].
  • Centaurea's Commons category is recorded as Centaurea[7].
  • Centaurea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Centaurea[8].
  • Centaurea's Commons gallery is recorded as Centaurea[9].
  • Centaurea's depicted by is recorded as postage stamp[10].
  • Centaurea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[11].
  • Centaurea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Centaurea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 78(1)[13].
  • Centaurea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Centaurea's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15].
  • Centaurea's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16].
  • Centaurea's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[17].
  • Centaurea's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • Centaurea's taxon synonym is recorded as Acosta[19].
  • Centaurea's taxon synonym is recorded as Hyalea[20].
  • Centaurea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2232[21].
  • Centaurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'knapweed'}[22].
  • Centaurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'قنطريون'}[23].
  • Centaurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Göyçiçək'}[24].
  • Centaurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Güləvər'}[25].
  • Centaurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'Валошка'}[26].
  • Centaurea is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Васілёк'}[27].

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Classification

Centaurea's scientific name is Centaurea[6]. Centaurea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Centaurea is classified within Centaureinae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'knapweed'}[22], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'قنطريون'}[23], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Göyçiçək'}[24], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Güləvər'}[25], {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'Валошка'}[26], and {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Васілёк'}[27].

Identifiers

Centaurea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41503[28]. Centaurea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 59386[29]. Centaurea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3127469[30]. Centaurea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 36950[31].

Why It Matters

Centaurea ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (262 views/month, #1,369 of 195,241).[2] Centaurea has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Centaurea is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[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. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved . powo.science.kew.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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