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Myrtaceae

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Taxon taxon Q156563
Myrtaceae
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Myrtaceae

Summary

Myrtaceae is a taxon[1]. Myrtaceae ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,038 views/month, #1,320 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Myrtaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Myrtaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Myrtaceae is classified within Myrtales[5].
  • Myrtaceae is classified within Myrtiflorae[6].
  • Myrtaceae belongs to the parent taxon Myrtineae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Myrtaceae is Myrtaceae[8].
  • Myrtaceae's Commons category is recorded as Myrtaceae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Myrtaceae is Myrtus[10].
  • Myrtaceae began on -22000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Myrtaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Myrtaceae[12].
  • Myrtaceae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Myrtaceae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Myrtaceae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Myrtaceae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Myrtaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1)[17].
  • Myrtaceae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • Myrtaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Heteropyxidaceae[19].
  • Myrtaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Psiloxylaceae[20].
  • Myrtaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=751[21].
  • Myrtaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Mirtáceas'}[22].
  • Myrtaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Myrttikasvit'}[23].
  • Myrtaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'frr', 'text': 'Myrtenplaanten'}[24].
  • Myrtaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Мирти'}[25].
  • Myrtaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Mirteachtigen'}[26].
  • Myrtaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Миртовые'}[27].

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Classification

Myrtaceae's scientific name is Myrtaceae[8]. Myrtaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Myrtales[5], Myrtiflorae[6], and Myrtineae[7]. The taxonomic type of Myrtaceae is Myrtus[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Mirtáceas'}[22], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Myrttikasvit'}[23], {'lang': 'frr', 'text': 'Myrtenplaanten'}[24], {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Мирти'}[25], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Mirteachtigen'}[26], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Миртовые'}[27].

Identifiers

Myrtaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51816[28]. Myrtaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3931[29]. Myrtaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8095[30]. Myrtaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5014[31]. Myrtaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27172[32].

Why It Matters

Myrtaceae ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,038 views/month, #1,320 of 195,241).[2] Myrtaceae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Myrtaceae is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (ed. 9). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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