Agave

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q155874
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Agave

Summary

Agave is a taxon[1]. Agave ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,044 views/month, #562 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Agave's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Agave is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Agave is named after Agave[5].
  • Agave is classified within Asparagaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Agave is Agave[7].
  • Agave's Commons category is recorded as Agave[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Agave is Agave americana[9].
  • Agave's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Agave[10].
  • Agave's Commons gallery is recorded as Agave[11].
  • Agave's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • Agave's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Agave's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Agave's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Agave's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(1)[16].
  • Agave's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Agave's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
  • Agave's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[19].
  • Agave's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=292[20].
  • Agave's this taxon is source of is recorded as istle[21].
  • Agave's this taxon is source of is recorded as maguey[22].
  • Agave is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Agaven'}[23].
  • Agave is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Agaavet'}[24].
  • Agave is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Ագավի'}[25].
  • Agave is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'リュウゼツラン属'}[26].
  • Agave is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Agawa'}[27].

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Classification

Agave's scientific name is Agave[7]. Agave is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Agave belongs to the parent taxon Asparagaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Agave is Agave americana[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Agaven'}[23], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Agaavet'}[24], {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Ագավի'}[25], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'リュウゼツラン属'}[26], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Agawa'}[27], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Агава'}[28].

Discovery and Description

Agave is named after Agave[5].

Identifiers

Agave's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 50822[29]. Agave's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39509[30]. Agave's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39864112[31]. Agave's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2766430[32]. Agave's ITIS TSN is recorded as 182659[33].

Why It Matters

Agave ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,044 views/month, #562 of 195,241).[2] Agave has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Agave is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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