Saintpaulia ionantha

species of plant, African violet
Taxon taxon Q165406
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Saintpaulia ionantha

Summary

Saintpaulia ionantha is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saintpaulia ionantha's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[5].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha belongs to the parent taxon Saintpaulia[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Saintpaulia ionantha is Saintpaulia ionantha[7].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's Commons category is recorded as Streptocarpus ionanthus[8].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Streptocarpus ionanthus[9].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's Commons gallery is recorded as Saintpaulia ionantha[10].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=401834[11].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. ionantha'}[12].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲堇'}[13].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲紫罗兰'}[14].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'afriška vijolica'}[15].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's taxon author citation is recorded as H. Wendl[16].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's taxon range is recorded as Fujian[17].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's taxon range is recorded as Guangdong[18].
  • Saintpaulia ionantha's basionym of is recorded as Streptocarpus ionanthus[19].

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Classification

Saintpaulia ionantha's scientific name is Saintpaulia ionantha[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Saintpaulia[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲堇'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲紫罗兰'}[14], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'afriška vijolica'}[15].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 443201[20] and 426584[21]. Saintpaulia ionantha's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6365236[22]. Saintpaulia ionantha's ITIS TSN is recorded as 828112[23].

Why It Matters

Saintpaulia ionantha ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Iucn conservation status Near Threatened
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