Pteris

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q2451124
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Pteris

Summary

Pteris is a taxon[1]. Pteris ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pteris's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pteris is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pteris belongs to the parent taxon Pteridoideae[5].
  • Pteris's scientific name is Pteris[6].
  • Pteris's Commons category is recorded as Pteris[7].
  • Pteris's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pteris[8].
  • Pteris's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 3(1)[9].
  • Pteris's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10079[10].
  • Pteris is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'brake fern'}[11].
  • Pteris is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '凤尾蕨属'}[12].
  • Pteris is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '凤尾蕨属'}[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pteris is Pteris[6]. Pteris is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pteris belongs to the parent taxon Pteridoideae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'brake fern'}[11], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '凤尾蕨属'}[12], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '凤尾蕨属'}[13].

Identifiers

Pteris's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51827[14]. Pteris's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13820[15]. Pteris's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60832[16]. Pteris's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2651676[17]. Pteris's ITIS TSN is recorded as 17699[18].

Why It Matters

Pteris ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2] Pteris has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Pteris is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 3(1). wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 3(1)
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Pteridoideae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546281005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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