Lycaste

genus of orchids
Taxon taxon Q2319547
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Lycaste

Summary

Lycaste is a taxon[1]. Lycaste ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month, #1,619 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lycaste's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lycaste is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Lycaste is named after Lycaste[5].
  • Lycaste belongs to the parent taxon Maxillariinae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lycaste is Lycaste[7].
  • Lycaste's Commons category is recorded as Lycaste[8].
  • Lycaste's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lycaste[9].
  • Lycaste's Commons gallery is recorded as Lycaste[10].
  • Lycaste's taxon synonym is recorded as Selbyana[11].
  • Lycaste's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7046[12].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'növénynemzetség'}[13].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Lykastet'}[14].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'リカステ'}[15].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'koi', 'text': 'Ликасте'}[16].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'kv', 'text': 'Ликасте'}[17].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Likastė'}[18].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'mrj', 'text': 'Ликасте'}[19].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Ликаста'}[20].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'udm', 'text': 'Ликасте'}[21].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Lykastesläktet'}[22].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '捧心兰属'}[23].
  • Lycaste is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '薄叶兰属'}[24].
  • Lycaste's homonymous taxon is recorded as Lycaste Gistel (1848) non Gistel (1834)[25].
  • Lycaste's homonymous taxon is recorded as Lycaste[26].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lycaste is Lycaste[7]. Lycaste is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lycaste belongs to the parent taxon Maxillariinae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'növénynemzetség'}[13], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Lykastet'}[14], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'リカステ'}[15], {'lang': 'koi', 'text': 'Ликасте'}[16], {'lang': 'kv', 'text': 'Ликасте'}[17], and {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Likastė'}[18].

Discovery and Description

Lycaste is named after Lycaste[5].

Identifiers

Lycaste's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 56892[27]. Lycaste's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 78796[28]. Lycaste's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 29138[29]. Lycaste's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2812712[30]. Lycaste's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500394[31].

Why It Matters

Lycaste ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month, #1,619 of 195,241).[2] Lycaste has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Lycaste is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . An updated classification of Orchidaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Edwards's Botanical Register. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . 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] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of taxon
    Taxon synonym Selbyana
    Homonymous taxon Lycaste Gistel (1848) non Gistel (1834), Lycaste
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