Cornus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q159545
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Cornus

Summary

Cornus is a taxon[1]. Cornus ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,377 views/month, #540 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cornus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cornus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cornus belongs to the parent taxon Cornaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cornus is Cornus[6].
  • Cornus is a type of tree[7].
  • Cornus's Commons category is recorded as Cornus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Cornus is Cornus mas[9].
  • Cornus began on -73000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Cornus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cornus[11].
  • Cornus's Commons gallery is recorded as Cornus[12].
  • Cornus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Cornus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[14].
  • Cornus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 56[15].
  • Cornus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Cornus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17].
  • Cornus's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
  • Cornus's taxon synonym is recorded as Swida[19].
  • Cornus's taxon synonym is recorded as Bothrocaryum[20].
  • Cornus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2939[21].
  • Cornus's this taxon is source of is recorded as dogwood[22].
  • Cornus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dogwood'}[23].
  • Cornus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'قرانيا'}[24].
  • Cornus is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Zoğal'}[25].
  • Cornus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ba', 'text': 'Ҡыҙылтал'}[26].
  • Cornus is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Кізіл'}[27].

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Classification

Cornus's scientific name is Cornus[6]. Cornus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cornus belongs to the parent taxon Cornaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Cornus is Cornus mas[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dogwood'}[23], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'قرانيا'}[24], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Zoğal'}[25], {'lang': 'ba', 'text': 'Ҡыҙылтал'}[26], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Кізіл'}[27], and {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Дрян'}[28].

Identifiers

Cornus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4281[29]. Cornus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60422[30]. Cornus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3082226[31]. Cornus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27798[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cornus include Drenova, Rijeka[33], a neighborhood[34], in Croatia[35], founded in 1997[36] and 8858 Cornus[37], an asteroid[38].

Why It Matters

Cornus ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,377 views/month, #540 of 195,241).[2] Cornus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Cornus is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Cornus include Drenova, Rijeka[33], a neighborhood[34], in Croatia[35], founded in 1997[36] and 8858 Cornus[37], an asteroid[38].

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. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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