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Myristica

genus of plants in the Myristicaceae family
Taxon taxon Q1878350
Myristica
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Myristica

Summary

Myristica is a taxon[1]. Myristica ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (339 views/month, #1,579 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Myristica's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Myristica is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Myristica belongs to the parent taxon Myristicaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Myristica is Myristica[6].
  • Myristica's Commons category is recorded as Myristica[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Myristica is Myristica fragrans[8].
  • Myristica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Myristica[9].
  • Myristica's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 30(2)[10].
  • Myristica's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7923[11].
  • Myristica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'nutmeg'}[12].
  • Myristica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '肉豆蔻属'}[13].
  • Myristica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '肉豆蔻属'}[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Myristica is Myristica[6]. Myristica is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Myristica is classified within Myristicaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Myristica is Myristica fragrans[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'nutmeg'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '肉豆蔻属'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '肉豆蔻属'}[14].

Identifiers

Myristica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122769[15]. Myristica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 51088[16]. Myristica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 72884[17]. Myristica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152840[18]. Myristica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18124[19].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Myristica include myristic acid[20], a type of chemical entity[21].

Why It Matters

Myristica ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (339 views/month, #1,579 of 195,241).[2] Myristica has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Myristica is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for Myristica include myristic acid[20], a type of chemical entity[21].

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 30(2). wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . 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. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 30(2)
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    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
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