Ferocactus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q131727
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Ferocactus

Summary

Ferocactus is a taxon[1]. Ferocactus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month, #1,577 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ferocactus's image is recorded as Ferocactus wislizeni 17.jpeg[3].
  • Ferocactus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Ferocactus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Ferocactus's parent taxon is recorded as Cacteae[6].
  • Ferocactus's taxon name is recorded as Ferocactus[7].
  • Ferocactus's GND ID is recorded as 7697267-7[8].
  • Ferocactus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh93006953[9].
  • Ferocactus's Commons category is recorded as Ferocactus[10].
  • Ferocactus's taxonomic type is recorded as Echinocactus wislizeni[11].
  • Ferocactus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05dph1[12].
  • Ferocactus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 130120[13].
  • Ferocactus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19795[14].
  • Ferocactus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38299[15].
  • Ferocactus's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 105591[16].
  • Ferocactus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084147[17].
  • Ferocactus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ferocactus[18].
  • Ferocactus's Tropicos ID is recorded as 40009043[19].
  • Ferocactus's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 295424-2[20].
  • Ferocactus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as plant/Ferocactus[21].
  • Ferocactus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4651[22].
  • Ferocactus's Flora of North America taxon ID is recorded as 112736[23].
  • Ferocactus's Flora of China ID is recorded as 112736[24].
  • Ferocactus's USDA PLANTS ID is recorded as FEROC[25].
  • Ferocactus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'barrel cactus'}[26].
  • Ferocactus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cactus de Barril'}[27].

Why It Matters

Ferocactus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month, #1,577 of 195,241).[2] Ferocactus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Ferocactus is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Flora of North America. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Flora of China. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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