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Thelocactus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q133258
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Thelocactus

Summary

Thelocactus is a taxon[1]. Thelocactus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thelocactus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Thelocactus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Thelocactus belongs to the parent taxon Cacteae[5].
  • Thelocactus's scientific name is Thelocactus[6].
  • Thelocactus's Commons category is recorded as Thelocactus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Thelocactus is Echinocactus hexaedrophorus[8].
  • Thelocactus's has basionym is recorded as Echinocactus subg. Thelocactus[9].
  • Thelocactus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thelocactus[10].
  • Thelocactus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12057[11].
  • Thelocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'thelocactus'}[12].
  • Thelocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Brokkaktussläktet'}[13].
  • Thelocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '天晃玉属'}[14].
  • Thelocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '瘤玉属'}[15].
  • Thelocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'knobbelcactus'}[16].

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Classification

Thelocactus's scientific name is Thelocactus[6]. Thelocactus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Thelocactus belongs to the parent taxon Cacteae[5]. The taxonomic type of Thelocactus is Echinocactus hexaedrophorus[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'thelocactus'}[12], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Brokkaktussläktet'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '天晃玉属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '瘤玉属'}[15], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'knobbelcactus'}[16].

Identifiers

Thelocactus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 155906[17]. Thelocactus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 130177[18]. Thelocactus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38432[19]. Thelocactus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084400[20]. Thelocactus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19767[21].

Why It Matters

Thelocactus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Thelocactus has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Thelocactus is known by 16 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. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Cactussen. 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. 21d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has basionym → Echinocactus subg. Thelocactus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Cacteae
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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