Adansonia
genus of plants
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Summary
Adansonia is a taxon[1]. Adansonia ranks in the top 0.35% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,654 views/month, #681 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Named after: Michel Adanson[4]
- Parent taxon: Bombacoideae[5]
- Taxon name: Adansonia[6]
- Subclass of: Bombacoideae[7]
- Commons category: Adansonia[8]
- Taxonomic type: Adansonia digitata[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Adansonia[10]
- Commons gallery: Adansonia[11]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], Encyclopedic Lexicon[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Otto's encyclopedia[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)[18]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=167[19]
- This taxon is source of: baobab wood[20]
- Taxon common name: ɔdadeɛ[21], Nsirasun[22], Affenbrotbaum[23], Adido[24], Baobab[25], Baobabo[26], Apinanleipäpuut[27], Baobabas[28], Baobá[29], Calabaceira[30], Embondeiro[31], Imbondeiro[32], Баобаб[33], باؤباب[34]
- Has fruit type: capsule[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
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Identifiers
Adansonia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 81507[37]. Adansonia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 69108[38]. Adansonia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71375[39]. Adansonia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152213[40]. Adansonia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21590[41].
Why It Matters
Adansonia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Adansonia is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]