Colocasia
genus of plants
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Summary
Colocasia is a taxon[1]. Colocasia ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,403 views/month, #1,248 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Colocasieae[4]
- Taxon name: Colocasia[5]
- Commons category: Colocasia[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Colocasia[7]
- Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2)[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2816[11]
- Taxon common name: colocasia[12], 芋属[13]
- MCN code: 0714.40.00[14]
- Homonymous taxon: Colocasia[15]
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Identifiers
Colocasia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122839[16]. Colocasia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4459[17]. Colocasia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5330758[18]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 185364[19] and 188725[20].
Why It Matters
Colocasia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Colocasia is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]