Echinacea

genus of plants, used for centuries as medicine
Taxon taxon Q1642983
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Echinacea

Summary

Echinacea is a taxon[1]. Echinacea ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,756 views/month, #959 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Echinacea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Echinacea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Echinacea belongs to the parent taxon Heliantheae[5].
  • Echinacea's scientific name is Echinacea[6].
  • Echinacea's Commons category is recorded as Echinacea[7].
  • Echinacea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Echinacea[8].
  • Echinacea's Commons gallery is recorded as Echinacea[9].
  • Echinacea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4094[10].
  • Echinacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'purple coneflower'}[11].
  • Echinacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '松果菊属'}[12].
  • Echinacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Purple coneflower'}[13].
  • Echinacea's PAEnflowered taxon URL is recorded as https://www.paenflowered.org/apgii/asterales/asteraceae/echinacea[14].
  • Echinacea's homonymous taxon is recorded as Echinacea[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Echinacea is Echinacea[6]. Echinacea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Echinacea is classified within Heliantheae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'purple coneflower'}[11] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '松果菊属'}[12].

Identifiers

Echinacea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48628[16]. Echinacea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 53747[17]. Echinacea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 59379[18]. Echinacea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3150914[19]. Echinacea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 37275[20].

Why It Matters

Echinacea ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,756 views/month, #959 of 195,241).[2] Echinacea has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Echinacea is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . PAEnflowered: Flora of Pennsylvania. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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