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Acanthaceae

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Acanthaceae

Summary

Acanthaceae is a taxon[1]. Acanthaceae ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (450 views/month, #1,475 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Acanthaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Acanthaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Acanthaceae belongs to the parent taxon Scrophulariales[5].
  • Acanthaceae belongs to the parent taxon Tubiflorae[6].
  • Acanthaceae belongs to the parent taxon Personales[7].
  • Acanthaceae is classified within Lamiales[8].
  • Acanthaceae is classified within Lamiineae[9].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Acanthaceae is Acanthaceae[10].
  • Acanthaceae's Commons category is recorded as Acanthaceae[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Acanthaceae is Acanthus[12].
  • Acanthaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acanthaceae[13].
  • Acanthaceae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • Acanthaceae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Acanthaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 70[16].
  • Acanthaceae's described by source is recorded as Q12049440[17].
  • Acanthaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Avicenniaceae[18].
  • Acanthaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=6[19].
  • Acanthaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Acanthusfamilie'}[20].
  • Acanthaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '쥐꼬리망초과'}[21].
  • Acanthaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '爵床科'}[22].
  • Acanthaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '爵床科'}[23].
  • Acanthaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'akantovke'}[24].
  • Acanthaceae's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[25].

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Classification

Acanthaceae's scientific name is Acanthaceae[10]. Acanthaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Scrophulariales[5], Tubiflorae[6], Personales[7], Lamiales[8], and Lamiineae[9]. The taxonomic type of Acanthaceae is Acanthus[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Acanthusfamilie'}[20], {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '쥐꼬리망초과'}[21], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '爵床科'}[22], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '爵床科'}[23], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'akantovke'}[24].

Identifiers

Acanthaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 50151[26]. Acanthaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4185[27]. Acanthaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4420[28]. Acanthaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2393[29]. Acanthaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 34350[30].

Why It Matters

Acanthaceae ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (450 views/month, #1,475 of 195,241).[2] Acanthaceae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Acanthaceae is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [28] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 70. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Acanthus
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Scrophulariales, Tubiflorae, Personales +2
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