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Iris

genus of plants in the order Iridaceae
Taxon taxon Q156901
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Iris

Summary

Iris is a taxon[1]. Iris ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (769 views/month, #885 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Iris received the perennial of the year[3].
  • Iris's image is recorded as Iris germanica 001.jpg[4].
  • Iris's image is recorded as Iris versicolor 4.jpg[5].
  • Iris's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • Iris's taxon rank is recorded as genus[7].
  • Iris is named after Iris[8].
  • Iris's parent taxon is recorded as Irideae[9].
  • Iris's taxon name is recorded as Iris[10].
  • Iris's GND ID is recorded as 4132127-3[11].
  • Iris's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85068079[12].
  • Iris's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119355571[13].
  • Iris's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00616762[14].
  • Iris's Commons category is recorded as Iris (Iridaceae)[15].
  • Iris's taxonomic type is recorded as Iris x germanica[16].
  • Iris's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D031323[17].
  • Iris's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36613[18].
  • Iris's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jqjp[19].
  • Iris's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.875.800.575.912.250.618.100.400.750[20].
  • Iris's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 26378[21].
  • Iris's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph516963[22].
  • Iris's ITIS TSN is recorded as 43191[23].
  • Iris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2748017[24].
  • Iris's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1416222[25].
  • Iris's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iris (plant)[26].
  • Iris's Commons gallery is recorded as Iris (Iridaceae)[27].

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Recognition

Iris received the perennial of the year[3].

Why It Matters

Iris ranks in the top 0.45% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (769 views/month, #885 of 195,241).[2] Iris has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Iris is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Iris receive?

Honors received include perennial of the year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . staude-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . staude-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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