Milium

genus of grass
Taxon taxon Q164783
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Milium

Summary

Milium is a taxon[1]. Milium ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Milium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Milium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Milium belongs to the parent taxon Poaceae[5].
  • Milium's scientific name is Milium[6].
  • Milium's Commons category is recorded as Milium[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Milium is Milium effusum[8].
  • Milium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Milium[9].
  • Milium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Milium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(3)[11].
  • Milium's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[12].
  • Milium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7630[13].
  • Milium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'milletgrass'}[14].
  • Milium is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gierstgras'}[15].
  • Milium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '粟草属'}[16].
  • Milium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '粟草属'}[17].
  • Milium is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'prosulja'}[18].
  • Milium's has fruit type is recorded as caryopsis[19].

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Classification

Milium's scientific name is Milium[6]. Milium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Milium is classified within Poaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Milium is Milium effusum[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'milletgrass'}[14], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gierstgras'}[15], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '粟草属'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '粟草属'}[17], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'prosulja'}[18].

Identifiers

Milium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 156754[20]. Milium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 368340[21]. Milium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108181[22]. Milium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2706194[23]. Milium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 41868[24].

Why It Matters

Milium ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Milium has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Milium is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(3). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type caryopsis
    Instance of taxon
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