Melocactus

Summary

Melocactus is a taxon^[1]. Melocactus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Melocactus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Melocactus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Melocactus belongs to the parent taxon Cereeae^[5].
• Melocactus is classified within Cereinae^[6].
• Melocactus's scientific name is Melocactus^[7].
• Melocactus's Commons category is recorded as Melocactus^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Melocactus is Cactus melocactus^[9].
• Melocactus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melocactus^[10].
• Melocactus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7442^[11].
• Melocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'melocactus'}^[12].
• Melocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '花座球属'}^[13].
• Melocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'meloencactus'}^[14].

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Classification

Melocactus's scientific name is Melocactus^[7]. Melocactus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Cereeae^[5] and Cereinae^[6]. The taxonomic type of Melocactus is Cactus melocactus^[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'melocactus'}^[12], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '花座球属'}^[13], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'meloencactus'}^[14].

Identifiers

Melocactus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49197^[15]. Melocactus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 432463^[16]. Melocactus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 72013^[17]. Melocactus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5384242^[18]. Melocactus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19867^[19].

Why It Matters

Melocactus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).^[2] Melocactus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Melocactus is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]