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Zoysia

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Zoysia

Summary

Zoysia is a taxon[1]. Zoysia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (616 views/month, #1,393 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Zoysia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Zoysia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Karl von Zois is named after Zoysia[5].
  • Zoysia is classified within Zoysiinae[6].
  • Zoysia's scientific name is Zoysia[7].
  • Zoysia's Commons category is recorded as Zoysia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Zoysia is Zoysia pungens[9].
  • Zoysia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Zoysia[10].
  • Zoysia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1)[11].
  • Zoysia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=13070[12].
  • Zoysia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lawngrass'}[13].
  • Zoysia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Zoysia Grasses'}[14].
  • Zoysia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '结缕草属'}[15].
  • Zoysia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '结缕草属'}[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Zoysia is Zoysia[7]. Zoysia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Zoysia is classified within Zoysiinae[6]. The taxonomic type of Zoysia is Zoysia pungens[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lawngrass'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Zoysia Grasses'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '结缕草属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '结缕草属'}[16].

Discovery and Description

Karl von Zois is named after Zoysia[5].

Identifiers

Zoysia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 155655[17]. Zoysia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 38721[18]. Zoysia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108238[19]. Zoysia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2704736[20]. Zoysia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42272[21].

Why It Matters

Zoysia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (616 views/month, #1,393 of 195,241).[2] Zoysia has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Zoysia is known by 3 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Australian Plant Name Index. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . 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. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: 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. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Zoysia pungens
    Parent taxon → Zoysiinae
    Aliases → —
    Named after → Karl von Zois
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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