Shortia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q1681735
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Shortia

Summary

Shortia is a taxon[1]. Shortia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shortia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Shortia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Charles Wilkins Short is named after Shortia[5].
  • Shortia belongs to the parent taxon Diapensiaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Shortia is Shortia[7].
  • Shortia's Commons category is recorded as Shortia[8].
  • Shortia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shortia[9].
  • Shortia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 56[10].
  • Shortia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=11127[11].
  • Shortia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'shortia'}[12].
  • Shortia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '岩扇属'}[13].
  • Shortia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '岩扇属'}[14].
  • Shortia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Shortia[15].

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Classification

Shortia's scientific name is Shortia[7]. Shortia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Shortia is classified within Diapensiaceae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'shortia'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '岩扇属'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '岩扇属'}[14].

Discovery and Description

Charles Wilkins Short is named after Shortia[5].

Identifiers

Shortia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 156113[16]. Shortia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 172647[17]. Shortia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38352[18]. Shortia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882389[19]. Shortia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23799[20].

Why It Matters

Shortia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2] Shortia has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Shortia is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 56. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon Shortia
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Diapensiaceae
    Taxon rank genus
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