Hylocereus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q133960
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Hylocereus

Summary

Hylocereus is a taxon[1]. Hylocereus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hylocereus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hylocereus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hylocereus is classified within Hylocereeae[5].
  • Hylocereus belongs to the parent taxon Hylocereinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Hylocereus is Hylocereus[7].
  • Hylocereus's Commons category is recorded as Selenicereus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Hylocereus is Cactus triangularis[9].
  • Hylocereus's has basionym is recorded as Cereus subg. Hylocereus[10].
  • Hylocereus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hylocereus[11].
  • Hylocereus's Commons gallery is recorded as Hylocereus[12].
  • Hylocereus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1)[13].
  • Hylocereus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5922[14].
  • Hylocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'nightblooming cactus'}[15].
  • Hylocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Metsäkaktukset'}[16].
  • Hylocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Pitahayasläktet'}[17].
  • Hylocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Skogskaktusar'}[18].
  • Hylocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '量天尺属'}[19].
  • Hylocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '量天尺属'}[20].
  • Hylocereus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'boscactus'}[21].

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Classification

Hylocereus's scientific name is Hylocereus[7]. Hylocereus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Hylocereeae[5] and Hylocereinae[6]. The taxonomic type of Hylocereus is Cactus triangularis[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'nightblooming cactus'}[15], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Metsäkaktukset'}[16], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Pitahayasläktet'}[17], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Skogskaktusar'}[18], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '量天尺属'}[19], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '量天尺属'}[20].

Identifiers

Hylocereus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62940[22]. Hylocereus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 154422[23]. Hylocereus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60789[24]. Hylocereus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084393[25]. Hylocereus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19861[26].

Why It Matters

Hylocereus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (337 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2] Hylocereus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Hylocereus is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [24] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(1). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Cactussen. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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