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Fothergilla

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q1400384
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Fothergilla

Summary

Fothergilla is a taxon[1]. Fothergilla ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fothergilla's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Fothergilla is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Fothergilla belongs to the parent taxon Hamamelidaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Fothergilla is Fothergilla[6].
  • Fothergilla's Commons category is recorded as Fothergilla[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Fothergilla is Fothergilla gardenii[8].
  • Fothergilla's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fothergilla[9].
  • Fothergilla's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4741[10].
  • Fothergilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'witchalder'}[11].
  • Fothergilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Federbuschsträucher'}[12].
  • Fothergilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Höyhenpensaat'}[13].
  • Fothergilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '银刷树属'}[14].
  • Fothergilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '北美瓶刷树属'}[15].
  • Fothergilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '银瓶树属'}[16].
  • Fothergilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '弗特吉属'}[17].

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Classification

Fothergilla's scientific name is Fothergilla[6]. Fothergilla is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Fothergilla is classified within Hamamelidaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Fothergilla is Fothergilla gardenii[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'witchalder'}[11], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Federbuschsträucher'}[12], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Höyhenpensaat'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '银刷树属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '北美瓶刷树属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '银瓶树属'}[16].

Identifiers

Fothergilla's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 131646[18]. Fothergilla's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 64115[19]. Fothergilla's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 72651[20]. Fothergilla's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152834[21]. Fothergilla's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19028[22].

Why It Matters

Fothergilla ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2] Fothergilla has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Fothergilla is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . cfh.ac.cn. cfh.ac.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . jse.ac.cn. jse.ac.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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