Lychnis

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q158863
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Lychnis

Summary

Lychnis is a taxon[1]. Lychnis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #1,623 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lychnis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lychnis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Lychnis belongs to the parent taxon Caryophyllaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lychnis is Lychnis[6].
  • Lychnis's Commons category is recorded as Lychnis[7].
  • Lychnis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lychnis[8].
  • Lychnis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Lychnis's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 26[10].
  • Lychnis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7048[11].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'campion'}[12].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Светнік'}[13].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kohoutek'}[14].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Pechnelken'}[15].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Tulinelk'}[16].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'لیخنس'}[17].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Käenkukat'}[18].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'hsb', 'text': 'Kukelička'}[19].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Kakukkszegfű'}[20].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'センノウ属'}[21].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'kk', 'text': 'Жалынгүл'}[22].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '동자꽃속'}[23].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Gaisrena'}[24].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Koekoeksbloem'}[25].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Firletka'}[26].
  • Lychnis is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Зорька'}[27].

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Classification

Lychnis's scientific name is Lychnis[6]. Lychnis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lychnis is classified within Caryophyllaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'campion'}[12], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Светнік'}[13], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kohoutek'}[14], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Pechnelken'}[15], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Tulinelk'}[16], and {'lang': 'fa', 'text': 'لیخنس'}[17].

Identifiers

Lychnis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51973[28]. Lychnis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 265240[29]. Lychnis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61751[30]. Lychnis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3085872[31]. Lychnis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20306[32].

Why It Matters

Lychnis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #1,623 of 195,241).[2] Lychnis has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Lychnis is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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