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Pediocactus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q133563
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Pediocactus

Summary

Pediocactus is a taxon[1]. Pediocactus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pediocactus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pediocactus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pediocactus belongs to the parent taxon Cacteae[5].
  • Pediocactus's scientific name is Pediocactus[6].
  • Pediocactus's Commons category is recorded as Pediocactus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Pediocactus is Echinocactus simpsonii[8].
  • Pediocactus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pediocactus by Common Name[9].
  • Pediocactus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pediocactus[10].
  • Pediocactus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8975[11].
  • Pediocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pincushion cactus'}[12].
  • Pediocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Neulakaktukset'}[13].
  • Pediocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '月华玉属'}[14].

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Classification

Pediocactus's scientific name is Pediocactus[6]. Pediocactus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pediocactus belongs to the parent taxon Cacteae[5]. The taxonomic type of Pediocactus is Echinocactus simpsonii[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pincushion cactus'}[12], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Neulakaktukset'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '月华玉属'}[14].

Identifiers

Pediocactus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119307[15]. Pediocactus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 130163[16]. Pediocactus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 37867[17]. Pediocactus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084062[18]. Pediocactus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19769[19].

Why It Matters

Pediocactus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2] Pediocactus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Pediocactus is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Q14975705
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12763]]: [[Q14975705]]"
  2. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Cacteae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxonomic type → Echinocactus simpsonii
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007554557505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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