Lilium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q5194627
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Lilium

Summary

Lilium is a taxon[1]. Lilium ranks in the top 0.15% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,437 views/month, #289 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lilium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lilium's instance of is recorded as flower[4].
  • Lilium is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Lilium belongs to the parent taxon Lilioideae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lilium is Lilium[7].
  • Lilium is a type of plant[8].
  • Lilium's Commons category is recorded as Lilium[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Lilium is Lilium candidum[10].
  • Lilium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lilium[11].
  • Lilium's Commons gallery is recorded as Lilium[12].
  • Lilium's depicted by is recorded as Lilium[13].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[18].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[19].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[20].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14[21].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • Lilium's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[24].
  • Lilium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6829[25].
  • Lilium's this taxon is source of is recorded as smell of lilies[26].
  • Lilium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lily'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lilium is Lilium[7]. Lilium is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Lilium belongs to the parent taxon Lilioideae[6]. The taxonomic type of Lilium is Lilium candidum[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lily'}[27], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Lelie'}[28], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '百合属'}[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '百合属'}[30], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'llirios'}[31], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'lilija'}[32].

Identifiers

Lilium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48928[33]. Lilium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4688[34]. Lilium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 32531[35]. Lilium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2752977[36]. Lilium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42722[37].

Why It Matters

Lilium ranks in the top 0.15% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,437 views/month, #289 of 195,241).[2] Lilium has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Lilium is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . wikidata.org.

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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    Taxon rank genus
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +8
    Subclass of
    Instance of taxon, flower
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