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Proteaceae

family of plants in the Proteales order
Taxon taxon Q157228
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Proteaceae

Summary

Proteaceae is a taxon[1]. Proteaceae ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month, #1,464 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Proteaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Proteaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Proteaceae is classified within Daphnales[5].
  • Proteaceae belongs to the parent taxon Proteales[6].
  • Proteaceae belongs to the parent taxon Proteineae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Proteaceae is Proteaceae[8].
  • Proteaceae's Commons category is recorded as Proteaceae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Proteaceae is Protea[10].
  • Proteaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Proteaceae[11].
  • Proteaceae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Proteaceae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Proteaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 24[14].
  • Proteaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=922[15].
  • Proteaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Silberbaumgewächse'}[16].
  • Proteaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Proteakasvit'}[17].
  • Proteaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Protėjiniai'}[18].
  • Proteaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山龙眼科'}[19].
  • Proteaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วงศ์เหมือด'}[20].
  • Proteaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '山龙眼科'}[21].
  • Proteaceae's different from is recorded as Chamaemyiidae[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Proteaceae is Proteaceae[8]. Proteaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Daphnales[5], Proteales[6], and Proteineae[7]. The taxonomic type of Proteaceae is Protea[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Silberbaumgewächse'}[16], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Proteakasvit'}[17], {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Protėjiniai'}[18], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山龙眼科'}[19], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วงศ์เหมือด'}[20], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '山龙眼科'}[21].

Identifiers

Proteaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 64517[23]. Proteaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4328[24]. Proteaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4370[25]. Proteaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2414[26]. Proteaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27781[27].

Why It Matters

Proteaceae ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (538 views/month, #1,464 of 195,241).[2] Proteaceae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Proteaceae is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [26] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . panmai.com. panmai.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 24. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . 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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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Daphnales, Proteales, Proteineae
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxonomic type → Protea
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541389005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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