Opuntia basilaris

species of cactus
Taxon taxon Q136763
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Opuntia basilaris

Summary

Opuntia basilaris is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month, #1,564 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Opuntia basilaris's image is recorded as Opuntia basilaris Mojave.jpg[3].
  • Opuntia basilaris's image is recorded as Opuntia basilaris (25751657114).jpg[4].
  • Opuntia basilaris's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Opuntia basilaris's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Opuntia basilaris's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Opuntia basilaris's parent taxon is recorded as Opuntia[8].
  • Opuntia basilaris's taxon name is recorded as Opuntia basilaris[9].
  • Opuntia basilaris's Commons category is recorded as Opuntia basilaris[10].
  • Opuntia basilaris's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 152316[11].
  • Opuntia basilaris's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025rlv[12].
  • Opuntia basilaris's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 549777[13].
  • Opuntia basilaris's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19693[14].
  • Opuntia basilaris's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 404509[15].
  • Opuntia basilaris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5384070[16].
  • Opuntia basilaris's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Opuntia basilaris[17].
  • Opuntia basilaris's Commons gallery is recorded as Opuntia basilaris[18].
  • Opuntia basilaris's Tropicos ID is recorded as 5100054[19].
  • Opuntia basilaris's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 281611-2[20].
  • Opuntia basilaris's Plant List ID is recorded as tro-5100054[21].
  • Opuntia basilaris's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as plant/beaver-tail-cactus[22].
  • Opuntia basilaris's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=25822[23].
  • Opuntia basilaris's Flora of North America taxon ID is recorded as 242413847[24].
  • Opuntia basilaris's USDA PLANTS ID is recorded as OPBA2[25].
  • Opuntia basilaris's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. basilaris'}[26].
  • Opuntia basilaris's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'beavertail pricklypear'}[27].

Why It Matters

Opuntia basilaris ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month, #1,564 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . The Plant List 1.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Flora of North America. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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