Cotoneaster

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q5538
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Cotoneaster

Summary

Cotoneaster is a taxon[1]. Cotoneaster ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,105 views/month, #1,329 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cotoneaster's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cotoneaster is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cotoneaster is classified within Maloideae[5].
  • Cotoneaster's scientific name is Cotoneaster[6].
  • Cotoneaster's Commons category is recorded as Cotoneaster[7].
  • Cotoneaster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cotoneaster[8].
  • Cotoneaster's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 36[9].
  • Cotoneaster's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Cotoneaster's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2994[11].
  • Cotoneaster is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cotoneaster'}[12].
  • Cotoneaster is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Dwergmispel'}[13].
  • Cotoneaster is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'мушмулица'}[14].
  • Cotoneaster is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'irga'}[15].
  • Cotoneaster is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '栒子属'}[16].
  • Cotoneaster is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '栒子属'}[17].
  • Cotoneaster is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'ірга'}[18].
  • Cotoneaster's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[19].

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Classification

Cotoneaster's scientific name is Cotoneaster[6]. Cotoneaster is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cotoneaster is classified within Maloideae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cotoneaster'}[12], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Dwergmispel'}[13], {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'мушмулица'}[14], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'irga'}[15], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '栒子属'}[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '栒子属'}[17].

Identifiers

Cotoneaster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53376[20]. Cotoneaster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36607[21]. Cotoneaster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 29938[22]. Cotoneaster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3025563[23]. Cotoneaster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 25151[24].

Why It Matters

Cotoneaster ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,105 views/month, #1,329 of 195,241).[2] Cotoneaster has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Cotoneaster is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 36. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . r2u.org.ua. r2u.org.ua. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cotoneaster'}, {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Dwergmispel'}, {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'мушмулица'} +4
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  2. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Cotoneaster
    Parent taxon Maloideae
    Described by source Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 36, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007291700105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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