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Nelumbo

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Taxon taxon Q207427
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Nelumbo

Summary

Nelumbo is a taxon[1]. Nelumbo ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (878 views/month, #1,447 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nelumbo's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Nelumbo is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Nelumbo is classified within Nelumbonaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Nelumbo is Nelumbo[6].
  • Nelumbo's Commons category is recorded as Nelumbo[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Nelumbo is Nelumbo nucifera[8].
  • Nelumbo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nelumbo[9].
  • Nelumbo's Commons gallery is recorded as Nelumbo[10].
  • Nelumbo's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 27[11].
  • Nelumbo's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • Nelumbo's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8035[13].
  • Nelumbo is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lotus'}[14].
  • Nelumbo is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '莲属'}[15].
  • Nelumbo is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '莲属'}[16].
  • Nelumbo's different from is recorded as Nymphaea[17].
  • Nelumbo's has fruit type is recorded as drupe[18].
  • Nelumbo's has fruit type is recorded as aggregate fruit[19].
  • Nelumbo's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

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Classification

Nelumbo's scientific name is Nelumbo[6]. Nelumbo is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Nelumbo belongs to the parent taxon Nelumbonaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Nelumbo is Nelumbo nucifera[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lotus'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '莲属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '莲属'}[16].

Identifiers

Nelumbo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 82815[21]. Nelumbo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4430[22]. Nelumbo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 72834[23]. Nelumbo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882448[24]. Nelumbo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18397[25].

Why It Matters

Nelumbo ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (878 views/month, #1,447 of 195,241).[2] Nelumbo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Nelumbo is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 27. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Nelumbonaceae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563187005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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