Echinocactus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q133014
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Echinocactus

Summary

Echinocactus is a taxon[1]. Echinocactus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month, #1,603 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Echinocactus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Echinocactus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Echinocactus is classified within Cacteae[5].
  • Echinocactus's scientific name is Echinocactus[6].
  • Echinocactus's Commons category is recorded as Echinocactus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Echinocactus is Echinocactus platyacanthus[8].
  • Echinocactus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Echinocactus[9].
  • Echinocactus's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Echinocactus's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[11].
  • Echinocactus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4096[12].
  • Echinocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'echinocactus'}[13].
  • Echinocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '金琥属'}[14].
  • Echinocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'egelcactus'}[15].

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Classification

Echinocactus's scientific name is Echinocactus[6]. Echinocactus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Echinocactus belongs to the parent taxon Cacteae[5]. The taxonomic type of Echinocactus is Echinocactus platyacanthus[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'echinocactus'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '金琥属'}[14], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'egelcactus'}[15].

Identifiers

Echinocactus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68607[16]. Echinocactus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 130110[17]. Echinocactus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 26560762[18]. Echinocactus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9610309[19]. Echinocactus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19817[20].

Why It Matters

Echinocactus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month, #1,603 of 195,241).[2] Echinocactus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Echinocactus is known by 17 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] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . 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] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Cactussen. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . 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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