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Melastomataceae

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Taxon taxon Q648380
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Melastomataceae

Summary

Melastomataceae is a taxon[1]. Melastomataceae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (239 views/month, #1,586 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melastomataceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melastomataceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Melastomataceae belongs to the parent taxon Myrtales[5].
  • Melastomataceae is classified within Myrtiflorae[6].
  • Melastomataceae is classified within Melastomatineae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Melastomataceae is Melastomataceae[8].
  • Melastomataceae's Commons category is recorded as Melastomataceae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Melastomataceae is Melastoma[10].
  • Melastomataceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melastomataceae[11].
  • Melastomataceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1)[12].
  • Melastomataceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Memecylaceae[13].
  • Melastomataceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=703[14].
  • Melastomataceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '野牡丹科'}[15].
  • Melastomataceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '野牡丹科'}[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melastomataceae is Melastomataceae[8]. Melastomataceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Myrtales[5], Myrtiflorae[6], and Melastomatineae[7]. The taxonomic type of Melastomataceae is Melastoma[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '野牡丹科'}[15] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '野牡丹科'}[16].

Identifiers

Melastomataceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48889[17]. Melastomataceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39998[18]. Melastomataceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4331[19]. Melastomataceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6683[20]. Melastomataceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27683[21].

Why It Matters

Melastomataceae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (239 views/month, #1,586 of 195,241).[2] Melastomataceae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Melastomataceae is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (ed. 9). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. 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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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Melastoma
    Parent taxon → Myrtales, Myrtiflorae, Melastomatineae
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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