Nepenthes

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q217530
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Nepenthes

Summary

Nepenthes is a taxon[1]. Nepenthes ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,339 views/month, #1,285 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nepenthes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Nepenthes is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Nepenthe is named after Nepenthes[5].
  • Nepenthes belongs to the parent taxon Nepenthaceae[6].
  • Nepenthes's scientific name is Nepenthes[7].
  • Nepenthes's Commons category is recorded as Nepenthes[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Nepenthes is Nepenthes distillatoria[9].
  • Nepenthes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nepenthes[10].
  • Nepenthes's Commons gallery is recorded as Nepenthes[11].
  • Nepenthes's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 34(1)[12].
  • Nepenthes's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8171[13].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วงศ์น้ำเต้าลม'}[14].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '猪笼草属'}[15].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '猪笼草属'}[16].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'láčkovka'}[17].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kannenpflanzen'}[18].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tropical pitcher plants'}[19].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Plantas de Jarra'}[20].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kannukasvit'}[21].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ilo', 'text': 'balingkalaw'}[22].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Nepente'}[23].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ウツボカズラ属'}[24].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'no', 'text': 'Kannebærer'}[25].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Dzbanecznik'}[26].
  • Nepenthes is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Непентес'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Nepenthes is Nepenthes[7]. Nepenthes is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Nepenthes is classified within Nepenthaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Nepenthes is Nepenthes distillatoria[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วงศ์น้ำเต้าลม'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '猪笼草属'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '猪笼草属'}[16], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'láčkovka'}[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kannenpflanzen'}[18], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tropical pitcher plants'}[19].

Discovery and Description

Nepenthe is named after Nepenthes[5].

Identifiers

Nepenthes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52646[28]. Nepenthes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4375[29]. Nepenthes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60885[30]. Nepenthes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3190711[31]. Nepenthes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 564924[32].

Why It Matters

Nepenthes ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,339 views/month, #1,285 of 195,241).[2] Nepenthes has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Nepenthes is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . panmai.com. panmai.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 34(1). 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. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . 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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