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Rhipsalis

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Taxon taxon Q132296
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Rhipsalis

Summary

Rhipsalis is a taxon[1]. Rhipsalis ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month, #1,534 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rhipsalis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rhipsalis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Rhipsalis is classified within Rhipsalideae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Rhipsalis is Rhipsalis[6].
  • Rhipsalis's Commons category is recorded as Rhipsalis[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Rhipsalis is Rhipsalis cassytha[8].
  • Rhipsalis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhipsalis[9].
  • Rhipsalis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10391[10].
  • Rhipsalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rhipsalis'}[11].
  • Rhipsalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mistletoe cacti'}[12].
  • Rhipsalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Korallikaktukset'}[13].
  • Rhipsalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '丝苇属'}[14].
  • Rhipsalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '仙人棒属'}[15].
  • Rhipsalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'roedecactus'}[16].
  • Rhipsalis's has fruit type is recorded as berry[17].

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Classification

Rhipsalis's scientific name is Rhipsalis[6]. Rhipsalis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Rhipsalis is classified within Rhipsalideae[5]. The taxonomic type of Rhipsalis is Rhipsalis cassytha[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rhipsalis'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mistletoe cacti'}[12], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Korallikaktukset'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '丝苇属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '仙人棒属'}[15], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'roedecactus'}[16].

Identifiers

Rhipsalis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119898[18]. Rhipsalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 154429[19]. Rhipsalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084035[20]. Rhipsalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19756[21].

Why It Matters

Rhipsalis ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (384 views/month, #1,534 of 195,241).[2] Rhipsalis has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Rhipsalis is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Cactussen. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → berry
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Rhipsalideae
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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