Myrtus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q165152
Myrtus
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Myrtus

Summary

Myrtus is a taxon[1]. Myrtus ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,136 views/month, #1,160 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Myrtus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Myrtus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Myrsine is named after Myrtus[5].
  • Myrtus belongs to the parent taxon Myrtaceae[6].
  • Myrtus's scientific name is Myrtus[7].
  • Myrtus's Commons category is recorded as Myrtus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Myrtus is common myrtle[9].
  • Myrtus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Myrtus[10].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1)[16].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18].
  • Myrtus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Myrtus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7947[20].
  • Myrtus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'myrtus'}[21].
  • Myrtus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '香桃木属'}[22].
  • Myrtus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '香桃木属'}[23].
  • Myrtus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '银香梅属'}[24].
  • Myrtus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'mirta'}[25].
  • Myrtus's different from is recorded as Mirt[26].

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Classification

Myrtus's scientific name is Myrtus[7]. Myrtus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Myrtus is classified within Myrtaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Myrtus is common myrtle[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'myrtus'}[21], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '香桃木属'}[22], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '香桃木属'}[23], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '银香梅属'}[24], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'mirta'}[25].

Discovery and Description

Myrsine is named after Myrtus[5].

Identifiers

Myrtus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72248[27]. Myrtus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 119948[28]. Myrtus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2508589[29]. Myrtus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3032317[30]. Myrtus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27234[31].

Why It Matters

Myrtus ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,136 views/month, #1,160 of 195,241).[2] Myrtus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Myrtus is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . 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. [20] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id i101829
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id 12350853-n
    This taxon is source of Q140934549
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  2. 27d ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id Q292600
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  3. 4w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Myrtus
    Jewish encyclopedia id 11251
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    Described by source Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +6
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 11251, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482577|MYRTLE (#167482577)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'"
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