Festuca

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q157337
Festuca
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Festuca

Summary

Festuca is a taxon[1]. Festuca ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (387 views/month, #1,497 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Festuca's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Festuca is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Festuca belongs to the parent taxon Loliinae[5].
  • Festuca's scientific name is Festuca[6].
  • Festuca's Commons category is recorded as Festuca[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Festuca is Festuca ovina[8].
  • Festuca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Festuca[9].
  • Festuca's Commons gallery is recorded as Festuca[10].
  • Festuca's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • Festuca's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[12].
  • Festuca's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Festuca's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Festuca's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Festuca's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)[16].
  • Festuca's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[17].
  • Festuca's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4658[18].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'fescue'}[19].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kostřava'}[20].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schwingel'}[21].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Nadat'}[22].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Fétuque'}[23].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'виук'}[24].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Yumak'}[25].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Zwenkgras'}[26].
  • Festuca is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '羊茅属'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Festuca is Festuca[6]. Festuca is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Festuca is classified within Loliinae[5]. The taxonomic type of Festuca is Festuca ovina[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'fescue'}[19], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kostřava'}[20], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schwingel'}[21], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Nadat'}[22], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Fétuque'}[23], and {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'виук'}[24].

Identifiers

Festuca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57170[28]. Festuca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4605[29]. Festuca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108085[30]. Festuca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2704913[31]. Festuca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 40792[32].

Why It Matters

Festuca ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (387 views/month, #1,497 of 195,241).[2] Festuca has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Festuca is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2). wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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