Dactylis

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q1047931
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Dactylis

Summary

Dactylis is a taxon[1]. Dactylis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month, #1,597 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dactylis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Dactylis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Dactylis is classified within Dactylidinae[5].
  • Dactylis's scientific name is Dactylis[6].
  • Dactylis's Commons category is recorded as Dactylis[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Dactylis is Dactylis glomerata[8].
  • Dactylis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dactylis[9].
  • Dactylis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedic Lexicon[10].
  • Dactylis's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)[11].
  • Dactylis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3351[12].
  • Dactylis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'orchardgrass'}[13].
  • Dactylis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cocksfoot or Orchard Grass'}[14].
  • Dactylis is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Ежовка'}[15].
  • Dactylis is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Ежа'}[16].
  • Dactylis is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Kropaar'}[17].
  • Dactylis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '鸭茅属'}[18].
  • Dactylis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鸭茅属'}[19].
  • Dactylis's has fruit type is recorded as caryopsis[20].

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Classification

Dactylis's scientific name is Dactylis[6]. Dactylis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Dactylis belongs to the parent taxon Dactylidinae[5]. The taxonomic type of Dactylis is Dactylis glomerata[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'orchardgrass'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cocksfoot or Orchard Grass'}[14], {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Ежовка'}[15], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Ежа'}[16], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Kropaar'}[17], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '鸭茅属'}[18].

Identifiers

Dactylis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52721[21]. Dactylis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4508[22]. Dactylis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108058[23]. Dactylis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2705307[24]. Dactylis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 193445[25].

Why It Matters

Dactylis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month, #1,597 of 195,241).[2] Dactylis has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Dactylis is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Topic's main category Category:Dactylis
    Taxon rank genus
    Parent taxon Dactylidinae
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