Melaleuca alternifolia

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q782073
Melaleuca alternifolia
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Melaleuca alternifolia

Summary

Melaleuca alternifolia is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month, #1,316 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melaleuca alternifolia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia is classified within Melaleuca[5].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia is endemic to Australia[6].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia's scientific name is Melaleuca alternifolia[7].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia's Commons category is recorded as Melaleuca alternifolia[8].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=402629[9].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia's this taxon is source of is recorded as tea tree oil[10].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. alternifolia'}[11].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '澳洲茶樹'}[12].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '互叶白千层'}[13].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '澳洲茶树'}[14].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': "árbole'l té"}[15].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'čajevec'}[16].
  • Melaleuca alternifolia's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[17].

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Classification

Melaleuca alternifolia's scientific name is Melaleuca alternifolia[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Melaleuca[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '澳洲茶樹'}[12], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '互叶白千层'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '澳洲茶树'}[14], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': "árbole'l té"}[15], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'čajevec'}[16].

Distribution

Melaleuca alternifolia is endemic to Australia[6].

Identifiers

Melaleuca alternifolia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 427159[18]. Melaleuca alternifolia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 164405[19]. Melaleuca alternifolia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2944002[20]. Melaleuca alternifolia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5416091[21].

Why It Matters

Melaleuca alternifolia ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (927 views/month, #1,316 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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