Fuchsia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q161066
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Fuchsia

Summary

Fuchsia is a taxon[1]. Fuchsia ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,228 views/month, #748 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fuchsia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Fuchsia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Leonhart Fuchs is named after Fuchsia[5].
  • Fuchsia is classified within Onagraceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Fuchsia is Fuchsia[7].
  • Fuchsia's Commons category is recorded as Fuchsia[8].
  • Fuchsia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fuchsia[9].
  • Fuchsia's Commons gallery is recorded as Fuchsia[10].
  • Fuchsia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(2)[11].
  • Fuchsia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Fuchsia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4774[13].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'fuchsia'}[14].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Fuxer'}[15].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Fuxerl'}[16].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Fuchsien'}[17].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Verenpisarat'}[18].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Bellenplant'}[19].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Küpe çiçeği'}[20].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '倒挂金钟属'}[21].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '倒挂金钟属'}[22].
  • Fuchsia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "lady's eardrops genus"}[23].
  • Fuchsia's different from is recorded as Fuksja[24].
  • Fuchsia's has fruit type is recorded as berry[25].
  • Fuchsia's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Fuchsia[26].
  • Fuchsia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Fuchsia[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Fuchsia is Fuchsia[7]. Fuchsia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Fuchsia belongs to the parent taxon Onagraceae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'fuchsia'}[14], {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Fuxer'}[15], {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Fuxerl'}[16], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Fuchsien'}[17], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Verenpisarat'}[18], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Bellenplant'}[19].

Discovery and Description

Leonhart Fuchs is named after Fuchsia[5]. Things named for Fuchsia include fuchsia[28], a color[29] and Fuchsiengarten[30], a garden[31], in Germany[32].

Identifiers

Fuchsia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54713[33]. Fuchsia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13069[34]. Fuchsia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61794[35]. Fuchsia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5938221[36]. Fuchsia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27638[37].

Why It Matters

Fuchsia ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,228 views/month, #748 of 195,241).[2] Fuchsia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Fuchsia is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Fuchsia include fuchsia[28], a color[29] and Fuchsiengarten[30], a garden[31], in Germany[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(2). wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Onagraceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Named after Leonhart Fuchs
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