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Mertensia

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Mertensia

Summary

Mertensia is a taxon[1]. Mertensia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month, #1,589 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mertensia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mertensia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Mertensia is classified within Asperugeae[5].
  • Mertensia belongs to the parent taxon Boraginaceae[6].
  • Mertensia's scientific name is Mertensia[7].
  • Mertensia's Commons category is recorded as Mertensia[8].
  • Mertensia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mertensia[9].
  • Mertensia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(2)[10].
  • Mertensia's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43209[11].
  • Mertensia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7483[12].
  • Mertensia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bluebells'}[13].
  • Mertensia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハマベンケイソウ属'}[14].
  • Mertensia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '滨紫草属'}[15].
  • Mertensia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '滨紫草属'}[16].
  • Mertensia's has fruit type is recorded as nucule[17].
  • Mertensia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Mertensia[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mertensia is Mertensia[7]. Mertensia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Asperugeae[5] and Boraginaceae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bluebells'}[13], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハマベンケイソウ属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '滨紫草属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '滨紫草属'}[16].

Identifiers

Mertensia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59772[19]. Mertensia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 211512[20]. Mertensia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 37752[21]. Mertensia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2663415[22]. Mertensia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 31660[23].

Why It Matters

Mertensia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month, #1,589 of 195,241).[2] Mertensia has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Familial classification of the Boraginales. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(2). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Asperugeae, Boraginaceae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Topic's main category → Category:Mertensia
    Homonymous taxon → Mertensia
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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