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Macrocystis

genus of Phaeophyceae
Taxon taxon Q2304985
Macrocystis
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Macrocystis

Summary

Macrocystis is a taxon[1]. Macrocystis ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month, #1,530 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Macrocystis's image is recorded as Giantkelp2 300.jpg[3].
  • Macrocystis's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Macrocystis's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Macrocystis's parent taxon is recorded as Laminariaceae[6].
  • Macrocystis's taxon name is recorded as Macrocystis[7].
  • Macrocystis's Commons category is recorded as Macrocystis pyrifera[8].
  • Macrocystis's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D044662[9].
  • Macrocystis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06_1z9[10].
  • Macrocystis's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.750.600.425.750[11].
  • Macrocystis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 35121[12].
  • Macrocystis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 11272[13].
  • Macrocystis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 11510[14].
  • Macrocystis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3195765[15].
  • Macrocystis's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 206527[16].
  • Macrocystis's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • Macrocystis's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=35715[18].
  • Macrocystis's Index Fungorum taxon ID is recorded as 18005[19].
  • Macrocystis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Macrocystis[20].
  • Macrocystis's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as a2cb7dc1-73d2-4063-9424-26b477e14e33[21].
  • Macrocystis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 124749[22].
  • Macrocystis's NBN System Key is recorded as NHMSYS0020703529[23].
  • Macrocystis's uBio ID is recorded as 4990158[24].
  • Macrocystis's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1362553[25].
  • Macrocystis's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778490807[26].
  • Macrocystis's SA Flora ID is recorded as Macrocystis[27].

Why It Matters

Macrocystis ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month, #1,530 of 195,241).[2] Macrocystis has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Macrocystis is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An Updated Classification of Brown Algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An Updated Classification of Brown Algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . An Updated Classification of Brown Algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. 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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