Usnea

Summary

Usnea is a taxon^[1]. Usnea ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month, #1,393 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Usnea's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Usnea is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Usnea belongs to the parent taxon Parmeliaceae^[5].
• Usnea's scientific name is Usnea^[6].
• Usnea's Commons category is recorded as Usnea^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Usnea is Usnea florida^[8].
• Usnea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Usnea^[9].
• Usnea's Commons gallery is recorded as Usnea^[10].
• Usnea's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[11].
• Usnea's described by source is recorded as Q19133013^[12].
• Usnea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Usnea's described by source is recorded as Critter of the Week^[14].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'beard lichen'}^[15].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bartflechten'}^[16].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Beard Lichen'}^[17].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Oak moss'}^[18].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Old Man's Beard"}^[19].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Treemoss'}^[20].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Kedenė'}^[21].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Baardmos'}^[22].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Brodaczka'}^[23].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Уснея'}^[24].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Sakal likeni'}^[25].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鬍鬚地衣'}^[26].
• Usnea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'サルオガセ属'}^[27].

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Classification

Usnea's scientific name is Usnea^[6]. Usnea is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Usnea is classified within Parmeliaceae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Usnea is Usnea florida^[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'beard lichen'}^[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bartflechten'}^[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Oak moss'}^[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Old Man's Beard"}^[19], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Treemoss'}^[20], and {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Kedenė'}^[21].

Identifiers

Usnea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 67747^[28]. Usnea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 86620^[29]. Usnea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 22267^[30]. Usnea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2605982^[31]. Usnea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 190765^[32].

Why It Matters

Usnea ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (573 views/month, #1,393 of 195,241).^[2] Usnea has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Usnea is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]