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Melissa

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Melissa

Summary

Melissa is a taxon[1]. Melissa has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Melissa's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melissa is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Melissa is classified within Salviinae[5].
  • Melissa's scientific name is Melissa[6].
  • Melissa's Commons category is recorded as Melissa (Lamiaceae)[7].
  • Melissa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melissa (Lamiaceae)[8].
  • Melissa's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66[9].
  • Melissa's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • Melissa's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7434[11].
  • Melissa is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'balm'}[12].
  • Melissa is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蜜蜂花属'}[13].
  • Melissa is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蜜蜂花属'}[14].
  • Melissa is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'melisa'}[15].
  • Melissa's different from is recorded as Teranjan[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melissa is Melissa[6]. Melissa is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Melissa is classified within Salviinae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'balm'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '蜜蜂花属'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蜜蜂花属'}[14], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'melisa'}[15].

Identifiers

Melissa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59902[17]. Melissa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39170[18]. Melissa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71171[19]. Melissa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2927330[20]. Melissa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32564[21].

Why It Matters

Melissa has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Melissa is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4424
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  2. 7d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i104346
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
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