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Zea

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q542456
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Zea

Summary

Zea is a taxon[1]. Zea ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (566 views/month, #1,460 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Zea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Zea is classified within Tripsacinae[5].
  • Zea's scientific name is Zea[6].
  • Zea's Commons category is recorded as Zea[7].
  • Zea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zea (plant)[8].
  • Zea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(2)[9].
  • Zea's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • Zea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=13020[11].
  • Zea's topic has template is recorded as Template:Taxonomy/Zea (plant)[12].
  • Zea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'corn'}[13].
  • Zea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '玉蜀黍属'}[14].
  • Zea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '玉蜀黍属'}[15].
  • Zea is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'koruza'}[16].
  • Zea's different from is recorded as Кукуруза[17].
  • Zea's has fruit type is recorded as caryopsis[18].
  • Zea's homonymous taxon is recorded as Zea[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Zea is Zea[6]. Zea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Zea belongs to the parent taxon Tripsacinae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'corn'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '玉蜀黍属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '玉蜀黍属'}[15], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'koruza'}[16].

Identifiers

Zea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48449[20]. Zea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4575[21]. Zea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108049[22]. Zea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2705049[23]. Zea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42268[24].

Why It Matters

Zea ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (566 views/month, #1,460 of 195,241).[2] Zea has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Zea is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(2). wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → caryopsis
    Parent taxon → Tripsacinae
    Topic has template → Template:Taxonomy/Zea (plant)
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532270505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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