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Hesperis

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Hesperis

Summary

Hesperis is a taxon[1]. Hesperis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (531 views/month, #1,596 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hesperis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hesperis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hesperia is named after Hesperis[5].
  • Hesperis is classified within Hesperideae[6].
  • Hesperis's scientific name is Hesperis[7].
  • Hesperis's Commons category is recorded as Hesperis[8].
  • Hesperis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hesperis[9].
  • Hesperis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Hesperis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Hesperis's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[12].
  • Hesperis's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Hesperis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5590[14].
  • Hesperis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rocket'}[15].
  • Hesperis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '香花芥属'}[16].
  • Hesperis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '香花芥属'}[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Hesperis is Hesperis[7]. Hesperis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Hesperis is classified within Hesperideae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rocket'}[15], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '香花芥属'}[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '香花芥属'}[17].

Discovery and Description

Hesperia is named after Hesperis[5].

Identifiers

Hesperis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47698[18]. Hesperis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 264417[19]. Hesperis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71309[20]. Hesperis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3042187[21]. Hesperis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23137[22].

Why It Matters

Hesperis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (531 views/month, #1,596 of 195,241).[2] Hesperis has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). 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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. 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.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → —
    Parent taxon → Hesperideae
    Named after → Hesperia
    Topic's main category → Category:Hesperis
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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