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Meliaceae

family of plants commonly known as the Mahogany family
Taxon taxon Q158979
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Meliaceae

Summary

Meliaceae is a taxon[1]. Meliaceae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month, #1,529 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meliaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Meliaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Meliaceae belongs to the parent taxon Terebinthales[5].
  • Meliaceae belongs to the parent taxon Geraniales[6].
  • Meliaceae is classified within Rutales[7].
  • Meliaceae belongs to the parent taxon Sapindales[8].
  • Meliaceae is classified within Rutineae[9].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Meliaceae is Meliaceae[10].
  • Meliaceae's Commons category is recorded as Meliaceae[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Meliaceae is Melia[12].
  • Meliaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meliaceae[13].
  • Meliaceae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • Meliaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3)[15].
  • Meliaceae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Meliaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=704[17].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Meliekimilər'}[18].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Meliàcia'}[19].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'zederachovité'}[20].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Paternostertræ-familien'}[21].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mahagonigewächse'}[22].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mahogany family'}[23].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Meliacoj'}[24].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Mahonkikasvit'}[25].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'אזדרכתיים'}[26].
  • Meliaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'hsb', 'text': 'Melijowcowe rostliny'}[27].

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Classification

Meliaceae's scientific name is Meliaceae[10]. Meliaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Terebinthales[5], Geraniales[6], Rutales[7], Sapindales[8], and Rutineae[9]. The taxonomic type of Meliaceae is Melia[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Meliekimilər'}[18], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Meliàcia'}[19], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'zederachovité'}[20], {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Paternostertræ-familien'}[21], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mahagonigewächse'}[22], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mahogany family'}[23].

Identifiers

Meliaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53724[28]. Meliaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43707[29]. Meliaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4413[30]. Meliaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2397[31]. Meliaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 29008[32].

Why It Matters

Meliaceae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month, #1,529 of 195,241).[2] Meliaceae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Meliaceae is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Reveal System of 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] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . 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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