Viscum

Summary

Viscum is a taxon^[1]. Viscum ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month, #1,579 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Viscum's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Viscum is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Viscum is classified within Santalaceae^[5].
• Viscum is classified within Viscaceae^[6].
• Viscum's scientific name is Viscum^[7].
• Viscum's Commons category is recorded as Viscum^[8].
• Viscum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Viscum^[9].
• Viscum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature^[10].
• Viscum's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• Viscum's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Viscum's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[13].
• Viscum's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)^[14].
• Viscum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 24^[15].
• Viscum's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[16].
• Viscum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12727^[17].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'دبق'}^[18].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Öksəotu'}^[19].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'Амяла'}^[20].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Амяла'}^[21].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Имел'}^[22].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'jmelí'}^[23].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Mistelten'}^[24].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Misteln'}^[25].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'dsb', 'text': 'Jemjelica'}^[26].
• Viscum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mistletoe'}^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Viscum is Viscum^[7]. Viscum is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Santalaceae^[5] and Viscaceae^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'دبق'}^[18], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Öksəotu'}^[19], {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'Амяла'}^[20], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Амяла'}^[21], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Имел'}^[22], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'jmelí'}^[23].

Identifiers

Viscum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57513^[28]. Viscum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3971^[29]. Viscum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2889827^[30]. Viscum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27905^[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Viscum include Vomieĺna^[32], an agrotown^[33], in Belarus^[34].

Why It Matters

Viscum ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (451 views/month, #1,579 of 195,241).^[2] Viscum has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Viscum is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Viscum include Vomieĺna^[32], an agrotown^[33], in Belarus^[34].