Hosta

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q623347
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Hosta

Summary

Hosta is a taxon[1]. Hosta ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,474 views/month, #745 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hosta received the perennial of the year[3].
  • Hosta's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Hosta is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Hosta is classified within Agavoideae[6].
  • Hosta's scientific name is Hosta[7].
  • Hosta's Commons category is recorded as Hosta[8].
  • Hosta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hosta[9].
  • Hosta's Commons gallery is recorded as Hosta[10].
  • Hosta's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • Hosta's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14[12].
  • Hosta's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Hosta's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5808[14].
  • Hosta is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '玉簪属'}[15].
  • Hosta is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '玉簪属'}[16].
  • Hosta is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'funkia'}[17].
  • Hosta is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'hosta'}[18].
  • Hosta's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[19].

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Classification

Hosta's scientific name is Hosta[7]. Hosta is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Hosta belongs to the parent taxon Agavoideae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '玉簪属'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '玉簪属'}[16], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'funkia'}[17], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'hosta'}[18].

Identifiers

Hosta's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 82095[20]. Hosta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13090[21]. Hosta's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 33632[22]. Hosta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9342215[23]. Hosta's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42950[24].

Why It Matters

Hosta ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,474 views/month, #745 of 195,241).[2] Hosta has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Hosta is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

FAQs

What awards did Hosta receive?

Honors received include perennial of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . staude-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . staude-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] . 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] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type capsule
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 4697332
    Parent taxon Agavoideae
    Aliases
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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