Metrosideros excelsa

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q311747
Metrosideros excelsa
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Metrosideros excelsa

Summary

Metrosideros excelsa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,427 views/month, #1,313 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Metrosideros excelsa's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Metrosideros excelsa is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Christmas tree is named after Metrosideros excelsa[5].
  • Metrosideros excelsa is classified within Metrosideros[6].
  • Metrosideros excelsa is endemic to New Zealand[7].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's scientific name is Metrosideros excelsa[8].
  • Metrosideros excelsa is a type of tree[9].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's Commons category is recorded as Metrosideros excelsa[10].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metrosideros excelsa[11].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's Commons gallery is recorded as Metrosideros excelsa[12].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24206[13].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. excelsa'}[14].
  • Metrosideros excelsa is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pohutukawa'}[15].
  • Metrosideros excelsa is commonly known as {'lang': 'mi', 'text': 'Pōhutukawa'}[16].
  • Metrosideros excelsa is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '高大铁心木'}[17].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[18].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's taxon range is recorded as New Zealand[19].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's NZTCS conservation status is recorded as nationally vulnerable[20].
  • Metrosideros excelsa's NZTCS conservation status is recorded as not threatened[21].

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Classification

Metrosideros excelsa's scientific name is Metrosideros excelsa[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Metrosideros[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pohutukawa'}[15], {'lang': 'mi', 'text': 'Pōhutukawa'}[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '高大铁心木'}[17].

Discovery and Description

Christmas tree is named after Metrosideros excelsa[5].

Distribution

Metrosideros excelsa is endemic to New Zealand[7].

Identifiers

Metrosideros excelsa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122905[22]. Metrosideros excelsa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 62696[23]. Metrosideros excelsa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5448620[24]. Metrosideros excelsa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3185393[25].

Why It Matters

Metrosideros excelsa ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,427 views/month, #1,313 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Biota of New Zealand. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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