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Adiantum

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Taxon taxon Q673823
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Adiantum

Summary

Adiantum is a taxon[1]. Adiantum ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (561 views/month, #1,507 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Adiantum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Adiantum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Adiantum is classified within Vittarioideae[5].
  • Adiantum's scientific name is Adiantum[6].
  • Adiantum's Commons category is recorded as Adiantum[7].
  • Adiantum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Adiantum[8].
  • Adiantum's Commons gallery is recorded as Adiantum[9].
  • Adiantum's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Adiantum's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • Adiantum's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • Adiantum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Adiantum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 3(1)[14].
  • Adiantum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Adiantum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=209[16].
  • Adiantum's this taxon is source of is recorded as maidenhair fern[17].
  • Adiantum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'maidenhair fern'}[18].
  • Adiantum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Venushaar'}[19].
  • Adiantum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '铁线蕨属'}[20].
  • Adiantum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '铁线蕨属'}[21].
  • Adiantum is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'venerini laski'}[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Adiantum is Adiantum[6]. Adiantum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Adiantum is classified within Vittarioideae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'maidenhair fern'}[18], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Venushaar'}[19], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '铁线蕨属'}[20], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '铁线蕨属'}[21], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'venerini laski'}[22].

Identifiers

Adiantum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48436[23]. Adiantum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13817[24]. Adiantum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 37262[25]. Adiantum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2650796[26]. Adiantum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 17307[27].

Why It Matters

Adiantum ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (561 views/month, #1,507 of 195,241).[2] Adiantum has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Adiantum is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 3(1). wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → maidenhair fern
    Parent taxon → Vittarioideae
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539055205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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