moss

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Taxon taxon Q25347
moss
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moss

Summary

moss is a taxon[1]. moss ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,064 views/month, #651 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • moss's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • moss is classified at the rank of division[4].
  • moss is classified within Embryophytes[5].
  • moss belongs to the parent taxon Bryobiotina[6].
  • moss belongs to the parent taxon Setaphyta[7].
  • moss's scientific name is Bryophyta[8].
  • moss's Commons category is recorded as Bryophyta[9].
  • moss began on -340000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • moss's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mosses[11].
  • moss's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[12].
  • moss's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • moss's described by source is recorded as Morphology and classification of mosses[14].
  • moss's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[15].
  • moss's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • moss's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • moss's described by source is recorded as Introduction to Bryology[18].
  • moss's different from is recorded as bryophyte[19].
  • moss's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, moss is Bryophyta[8]. moss is classified at the rank of division[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Embryophytes[5], Bryobiotina[6], and Setaphyta[7].

Identifiers

moss's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 311249[21]. moss's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3208[22]. moss's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 3768[23]. moss's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 35[24]. moss's ITIS TSN is recorded as 14189[25].

Discovery and Description

Things named for moss include Mokhovaya Street[26], a street[27], in Russia[28].

Why It Matters

moss ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,064 views/month, #651 of 195,241).[2] moss has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] moss is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for moss include Mokhovaya Street[26], a street[27], in Russia[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . A higher level classification of all living organisms. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [24] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . iNaturalist. wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8411, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 22d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time -340000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Otto's encyclopedia, Morphology and classification of mosses +4
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    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P3984]]: Mosses, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144663432|Mosses (#144663432)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit Directory]] #mi"
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