Cinchona

genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae
Taxon taxon Q160090
Cinchona
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Cinchona

Summary

Cinchona is a taxon[1]. Cinchona ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,693 views/month, #997 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cinchona's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cinchona is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ana de Osorio is named after Cinchona[5].
  • Francisca Enriquez de Rivera is named after Cinchona[6].
  • Cinchona is classified within Cinchoneae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cinchona is Cinchona[8].
  • Cinchona is used for medicinal plant[9].
  • Cinchona's Commons category is recorded as Cinchona[10].
  • The taxonomic type of Cinchona is Cinchona officinalis[11].
  • Cinchona's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cinchona[12].
  • Cinchona's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 71(1)[13].
  • Cinchona's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Cinchona's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[15].
  • Cinchona's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[16].
  • Cinchona's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[17].
  • Cinchona's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2609[18].
  • Cinchona's this taxon is source of is recorded as Jesuit's bark[19].
  • Cinchona's this taxon is source of is recorded as quinine[20].
  • Cinchona is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cinchona'}[21].
  • Cinchona is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Chinarindenbäume'}[22].
  • Cinchona is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kiinapuut'}[23].
  • Cinchona is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '金鸡纳属'}[24].
  • Cinchona is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '金鸡纳属'}[25].
  • Cinchona is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kininovec'}[26].
  • Cinchona's different from is recorded as Kena[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cinchona is Cinchona[8]. Cinchona is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cinchona is classified within Cinchoneae[7]. The taxonomic type of Cinchona is Cinchona officinalis[11]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cinchona'}[21], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Chinarindenbäume'}[22], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kiinapuut'}[23], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '金鸡纳属'}[24], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '金鸡纳属'}[25], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kininovec'}[26].

Discovery and Description

Things named after include Ana de Osorio[5] and Francisca Enriquez de Rivera[6].

Identifiers

Cinchona's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 157155[28]. Cinchona's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43462[29]. Cinchona's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 29559[30]. Cinchona's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2901235[31]. Cinchona's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500204[32].

Why It Matters

Cinchona ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,693 views/month, #997 of 195,241).[2] Cinchona has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Cinchona is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. 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] . researchgate.net. Retrieved . researchgate.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 71(1). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Named after Ana de Osorio, Francisca Enriquez de Rivera
    Has fruit type capsule
    Named after
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