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Epiphyllum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q310964
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Epiphyllum

Summary

Epiphyllum is a taxon[1]. Epiphyllum ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (603 views/month, #1,496 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Epiphyllum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Epiphyllum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Epiphyllum is classified within Hylocereeae[5].
  • Epiphyllum belongs to the parent taxon Hylocereinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Epiphyllum is Epiphyllum[7].
  • Epiphyllum's Commons category is recorded as Epiphyllum[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Epiphyllum is Cactus phyllanthus[9].
  • Epiphyllum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Epiphyllum[10].
  • Epiphyllum's Commons gallery is recorded as Epiphyllum[11].
  • Epiphyllum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1)[12].
  • Epiphyllum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4316[13].
  • Epiphyllum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'climbing cactus'}[14].
  • Epiphyllum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '昙花属'}[15].
  • Epiphyllum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '昙花属'}[16].
  • Epiphyllum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'bladstengelcactus'}[17].
  • Epiphyllum's homonymous taxon is recorded as Epiphyllum[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Epiphyllum is Epiphyllum[7]. Epiphyllum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Hylocereeae[5] and Hylocereinae[6]. The taxonomic type of Epiphyllum is Cactus phyllanthus[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'climbing cactus'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '昙花属'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '昙花属'}[16], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'bladstengelcactus'}[17].

Identifiers

Epiphyllum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 85411[19]. Epiphyllum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 983927[20]. Epiphyllum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 21653270[21]. Epiphyllum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084180[22]. Epiphyllum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 181909[23].

Why It Matters

Epiphyllum ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (603 views/month, #1,496 of 195,241).[2] Epiphyllum has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Epiphyllum is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] ↑ . A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Cactussen. wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Epiphyllum
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Hylocereeae, Hylocereinae
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4937020
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