Dioscorea

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q71549
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Dioscorea

Summary

Dioscorea is a taxon[1]. Dioscorea ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month, #1,435 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dioscorea's image is recorded as Dioscorea balcanica BotGardBln310505.jpg[3].
  • Dioscorea's image is recorded as Yam plants.jpg[4].
  • Dioscorea's image is recorded as Early yam rack 11.jpg[5].
  • Dioscorea's image is recorded as Early yam rack 07.jpg[6].
  • Dioscorea's instance of is recorded as taxon[7].
  • Dioscorea's taxon rank is recorded as genus[8].
  • Dioscorea's parent taxon is recorded as Dioscoreaceae[9].
  • Dioscorea's taxon name is recorded as Dioscorea[10].
  • Dioscorea's has use is recorded as food[11].
  • Dioscorea's has use is recorded as flour[12].
  • Dioscorea's Commons category is recorded as Dioscorea[13].
  • Dioscorea's taxonomic type is recorded as Dioscorea sativa[14].
  • Dioscorea's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D027742[15].
  • Dioscorea's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025tq33[16].
  • Dioscorea's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.875.800.575.912.250.325.500[17].
  • Dioscorea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4672[18].
  • Dioscorea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 43366[19].
  • Dioscorea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 33284[20].
  • Dioscorea's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 320506[21].
  • Dioscorea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2754367[22].
  • Dioscorea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dioscorea[23].
  • Dioscorea's Commons gallery is recorded as Dioscorea[24].
  • Dioscorea's Tropicos ID is recorded as 40031872[25].
  • Dioscorea's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 328349-2[26].
  • Dioscorea's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27].

Why It Matters

Dioscorea ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (236 views/month, #1,435 of 195,241).[2] Dioscorea has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Dioscorea is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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. [8] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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