Luffa

Summary

Luffa is a taxon^[1]. Luffa ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,264 views/month, #758 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Luffa's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Luffa is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Luffa belongs to the parent taxon Sicyoeae^[5].
• Luffa's scientific name is Luffa^[6].
• Luffa's Commons category is recorded as Luffa^[7].
• Luffa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Luffa^[8].
• Luffa's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[9].
• Luffa's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)^[10].
• Luffa's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• Luffa's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7024^[12].
• Luffa is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'luffa'}^[13].
• Luffa is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '丝瓜属'}^[14].
• Luffa is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '丝瓜属'}^[15].
• Luffa is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'lufa'}^[16].

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Classification

Luffa's scientific name is Luffa^[6]. Luffa is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Luffa belongs to the parent taxon Sicyoeae^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'luffa'}^[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '丝瓜属'}^[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '丝瓜属'}^[15], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'lufa'}^[16].

Identifiers

Luffa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 156830^[17]. Luffa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3669^[18]. Luffa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874598^[19]. Luffa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22387^[20].

Why It Matters

Luffa ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,264 views/month, #758 of 195,241).^[2] Luffa has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] Luffa is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]