Echinopsis

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q131726
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Echinopsis

Summary

Echinopsis is a taxon[1]. Echinopsis ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (470 views/month, #1,437 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Echinopsis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Echinopsis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Echinopsis is classified within Trichocereeae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Echinopsis is Echinopsis[6].
  • Echinopsis's Commons category is recorded as Echinopsis[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Echinopsis is Echinocactus eyriesii[8].
  • Echinopsis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Echinopsis[9].
  • Echinopsis's Commons gallery is recorded as Echinopsis[10].
  • Echinopsis's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[11].
  • Echinopsis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4107[12].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Easter Lily Cactus'}[13].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hedgehog Cacti'}[14].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sea-urchin Cactus'}[15].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Quisco'}[16].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pallokaktukset'}[17].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Sjöborrekaktussläktet'}[18].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'ml', 'text': 'എക്കിനോപ്സിസ'}[19].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '仙人球属'}[20].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海胆球属'}[21].
  • Echinopsis is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'schijnegelcactus'}[22].
  • Echinopsis's homonymous taxon is recorded as Echinopsis[23].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Echinopsis is Echinopsis[6]. Echinopsis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Echinopsis belongs to the parent taxon Trichocereeae[5]. The taxonomic type of Echinopsis is Echinocactus eyriesii[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Easter Lily Cactus'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hedgehog Cacti'}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sea-urchin Cactus'}[15], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Quisco'}[16], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pallokaktukset'}[17], and {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Sjöborrekaktussläktet'}[18].

Identifiers

Echinopsis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 63213[24]. Echinopsis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 183648[25]. Echinopsis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2918119[26]. Echinopsis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3231908[27]. Echinopsis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 907015[28].

Why It Matters

Echinopsis ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (470 views/month, #1,437 of 195,241).[2] Echinopsis has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Echinopsis is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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. [25] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Cactussen. wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi',
    Gnd id → 4161237-1
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  2. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Echinopsis
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Trichocereeae
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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