Episcia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q2573318
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Episcia

Summary

Episcia is a taxon[1]. Episcia ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Episcia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Episcia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Episcia belongs to the parent taxon Gesneriaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Episcia is Episcia[6].
  • Episcia's Commons category is recorded as Episcia[7].
  • Episcia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Episcia[8].
  • Episcia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4322[9].
  • Episcia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'episcia'}[10].
  • Episcia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '喜荫花属'}[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Episcia is Episcia[6]. Episcia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Episcia is classified within Gesneriaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'episcia'}[10] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '喜荫花属'}[11].

Identifiers

Episcia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 273038[12]. Episcia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 63542[13]. Episcia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61886[14]. Episcia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3172880[15]. Episcia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500266[16].

Why It Matters

Episcia ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2] Episcia has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Episcia is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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