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Sporobolus

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Taxon taxon Q2603825
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Sporobolus

Summary

Sporobolus is a taxon[1]. Sporobolus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sporobolus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sporobolus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sporobolus is classified within Sporobolinae[5].
  • Sporobolus's scientific name is Sporobolus[6].
  • Sporobolus's Commons category is recorded as Sporobolus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Sporobolus is Sporobolus indicus[8].
  • Sporobolus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sporobolus[9].
  • Sporobolus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1)[10].
  • Sporobolus's taxon synonym is recorded as Spartina[11].
  • Sporobolus's taxon synonym is recorded as Crypsis[12].
  • Sporobolus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=11433[13].
  • Sporobolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dropseed'}[14].
  • Sporobolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '鼠尾粟属'}[15].
  • Sporobolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鼠尾粟属'}[16].
  • Sporobolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鼠尾栗属'}[17].

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Classification

Sporobolus's scientific name is Sporobolus[6]. Sporobolus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sporobolus is classified within Sporobolinae[5]. The taxonomic type of Sporobolus is Sporobolus indicus[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dropseed'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '鼠尾粟属'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鼠尾粟属'}[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鼠尾栗属'}[17].

Identifiers

Sporobolus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 51826[18]. Sporobolus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 38730[19]. Sporobolus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108217[20]. Sporobolus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2704744[21]. Sporobolus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42115[22].

Why It Matters

Sporobolus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2] Sporobolus has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Australian Plant Name Index. 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. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . eFloras. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Sporobolus indicus
    Parent taxon → Sporobolinae
    Topic's main category → Category:Sporobolus
    Taxon synonym → Spartina, Crypsis
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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