Scirpus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q159220
Scirpus
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Scirpus

Summary

Scirpus is a taxon[1]. Scirpus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month, #1,595 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scirpus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Scirpus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Scirpus belongs to the parent taxon Scirpeae[5].
  • Scirpus's scientific name is Scirpus[6].
  • Scirpus's Commons category is recorded as Scirpus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Scirpus is Scirpus sylvaticus[8].
  • Scirpus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scirpus[9].
  • Scirpus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Scirpus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 11[11].
  • Scirpus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[12].
  • Scirpus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[13].
  • Scirpus's taxon synonym is recorded as Blepharolepis[14].
  • Scirpus's taxon synonym is recorded as Maximoviczia[15].
  • Scirpus's taxon synonym is recorded as Maximowicziella[16].
  • Scirpus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10951[17].
  • Scirpus's this taxon is source of is recorded as bulrush[18].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'bulrush'}[19].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Simsen'}[20].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sedges'}[21].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Kõrkjas'}[22].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kaislat'}[23].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '藨草属'}[24].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '藨草属'}[25].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'чарот'}[26].
  • Scirpus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'sitec'}[27].

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Classification

Scirpus's scientific name is Scirpus[6]. Scirpus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Scirpus belongs to the parent taxon Scirpeae[5]. The taxonomic type of Scirpus is Scirpus sylvaticus[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'bulrush'}[19], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Simsen'}[20], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sedges'}[21], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Kõrkjas'}[22], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kaislat'}[23], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '藨草属'}[24].

Identifiers

Scirpus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49371[28]. Scirpus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46334[29]. Scirpus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 29127[30]. Scirpus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2720078[31]. Scirpus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 40225[32].

Why It Matters

Scirpus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month, #1,595 of 195,241).[2] Scirpus has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Scirpus is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Baskets from Bulrushes. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 11. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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