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Cirsium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q1638558
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Cirsium

Summary

Cirsium is a taxon[1]. Cirsium ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month, #1,464 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cirsium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cirsium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cirsium is classified within Cynareae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cirsium is Cirsium[6].
  • Cirsium's Commons category is recorded as Cirsium[7].
  • Cirsium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cirsium[8].
  • Cirsium's Commons gallery is recorded as Cirsium[9].
  • Cirsium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Cirsium's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11].
  • Cirsium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 78(1)[12].
  • Cirsium's described by source is recorded as Flora URSS[13].
  • Cirsium's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Cirsium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2626[15].
  • Cirsium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'thistle'}[16].
  • Cirsium is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Vederdistel'}[17].
  • Cirsium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蓟属'}[18].
  • Cirsium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蓟属'}[19].
  • Cirsium is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kratzdisteln'}[20].
  • Cirsium is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Бодяк'}[21].
  • Cirsium's PAEnflowered taxon URL is recorded as https://www.paenflowered.org/apgii/asterales/asteraceae/cirsium[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cirsium is Cirsium[6]. Cirsium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cirsium belongs to the parent taxon Cynareae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'thistle'}[16], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Vederdistel'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蓟属'}[18], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蓟属'}[19], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kratzdisteln'}[20], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Бодяк'}[21].

Identifiers

Cirsium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48561[23]. Cirsium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41549[24]. Cirsium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38277[25]. Cirsium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3112554[26]. Cirsium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 36334[27].

Why It Matters

Cirsium ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (476 views/month, #1,464 of 195,241).[2] Cirsium has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Cirsium is known by 8 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . 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] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 78(1). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Q1917983. Retrieved . mein-schoener-garten.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . lektrava.ru. Retrieved . lektrava.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . 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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