Cuscuta

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q190505
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Cuscuta

Summary

Cuscuta is a taxon[1]. Cuscuta ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,283 views/month, #1,210 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cuscuta's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cuscuta is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cuscuta is classified within Convolvulaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cuscuta is Cuscuta[6].
  • Cuscuta's Commons category is recorded as Cuscuta[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Cuscuta is Cuscuta europea[8].
  • Cuscuta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cuscuta[9].
  • Cuscuta's Commons gallery is recorded as Cuscuta[10].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[11].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[15].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(1)[16].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[18].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19].
  • Cuscuta's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20].
  • Cuscuta's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3194[21].
  • Cuscuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Warkruid'}[22].
  • Cuscuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '菟丝子属'}[23].
  • Cuscuta is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '菟丝子属'}[24].
  • Cuscuta's has list is recorded as Q28739108[25].
  • Cuscuta's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[26].
  • Cuscuta's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Plants[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cuscuta is Cuscuta[6]. Cuscuta is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cuscuta belongs to the parent taxon Convolvulaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Cuscuta is Cuscuta europea[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Warkruid'}[22], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '菟丝子属'}[23], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '菟丝子属'}[24].

Identifiers

Cuscuta's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 56932[28]. Cuscuta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4128[29]. Cuscuta's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38297[30]. Cuscuta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2927479[31]. Cuscuta's ITIS TSN is recorded as 30710[32].

Why It Matters

Cuscuta ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,283 views/month, #1,210 of 195,241).[2] Cuscuta has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Cuscuta is known by 31 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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(1). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . 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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