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Alternanthera

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Alternanthera

Summary

Alternanthera is a taxon[1]. Alternanthera ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month, #1,568 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alternanthera's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alternanthera is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Alternanthera belongs to the parent taxon Gomphrenoideae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Alternanthera is Alternanthera[6].
  • Alternanthera's Commons category is recorded as Alternanthera[7].
  • Alternanthera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alternanthera[8].
  • Alternanthera's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[9].
  • Alternanthera's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=463[10].
  • Alternanthera is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'joyweed'}[11].
  • Alternanthera is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '莲子草属'}[12].
  • Alternanthera is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '莲子草属'}[13].
  • Alternanthera's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Alternanthera[14].

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Classification

Alternanthera's scientific name is Alternanthera[6]. Alternanthera is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Alternanthera belongs to the parent taxon Gomphrenoideae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'joyweed'}[11], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '莲子草属'}[12], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '莲子草属'}[13].

Identifiers

Alternanthera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62885[15]. Alternanthera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 169520[16]. Alternanthera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 11854709[17]. Alternanthera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084921[18]. Alternanthera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20763[19].

Why It Matters

Alternanthera ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month, #1,568 of 195,241).[2] Alternanthera has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Alternanthera is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2). wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Gomphrenoideae
    Topic's main category → Category:Alternanthera
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294881705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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