Opuntia polyacantha

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q309965
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Opuntia polyacantha

Summary

Opuntia polyacantha is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month, #1,563 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Opuntia polyacantha's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Opuntia polyacantha is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Opuntia polyacantha belongs to the parent taxon Opuntia[6].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's scientific name is Opuntia polyacantha[7].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's Commons category is recorded as Opuntia polyacantha[8].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Opuntia polyacantha[9].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's Commons gallery is recorded as Opuntia polyacantha[10].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's ploidy is recorded as tetraploidy[11].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=314437[12].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. polyacantha'}[13].
  • Opuntia polyacantha is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'plains pricklypear'}[14].
  • Opuntia polyacantha is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Panhandle Prickly-pear'}[15].
  • Opuntia polyacantha is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Plains Pricklypear'}[16].
  • Opuntia polyacantha is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '猬团扇'}[17].
  • Opuntia polyacantha is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '多刺仙人掌'}[18].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's flower color is recorded as yellow[19].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's flower color is recorded as magenta[20].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's NatureServe conservation status is recorded as secure[21].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's invasive to is recorded as Australia[22].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[23].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[24].
  • Opuntia polyacantha's hardiness of plant is recorded as 3[25].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Opuntia polyacantha is Opuntia polyacantha[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Opuntia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'plains pricklypear'}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Panhandle Prickly-pear'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '猬团扇'}[17], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '多刺仙人掌'}[18].

Identifiers

Opuntia polyacantha's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 78269[26]. Opuntia polyacantha's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 307728[27]. Opuntia polyacantha's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 592880[28]. Opuntia polyacantha's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5384095[29]. Opuntia polyacantha's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19726[30].

Why It Matters

Opuntia polyacantha ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month, #1,563 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . plants.ces.ncsu.edu. plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . plants.ces.ncsu.edu. plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . SInAS database of alien species occurrences. wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . Species+. wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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