Amelanchier

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q156957
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Summary

Amelanchier is a taxon[1]. Amelanchier ranks in the top 0.42% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,332 views/month, #823 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Maloideae[4]
  • Taxon name: Amelanchier[5]
  • Commons category: Amelanchier[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Amelanchier ovalis[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Amelanchier[8]
  • Commons gallery: Amelanchier[9]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 36[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=509[12]
  • This taxon is source of: serviceberry[13]
  • Taxon common name: serviceberry[14], İrqa[15], Ірга[16], Ирга[17], muchovník[18], Bærmispel[19], Felsenbirnen[20], June berry[21], Saskatoon[22], Shad blow[23], Tuomipihlajat[24], Amélanchier[25], Merala[26], Muchownik[27]

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Identifiers

Amelanchier's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49230[28]. Amelanchier's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 23139[29]. Amelanchier's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 29970[30]. Amelanchier's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3023817[31]. Amelanchier's ITIS TSN is recorded as 25108[32].

Why It Matters

Amelanchier has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Amelanchier is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . 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] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [22] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → amelanchier
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: amelanchier, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289913209|amelanchier (#289913209)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 12w ago · Putnik · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → medlieva
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: medlieva"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Taxonomic type → Amelanchier ovalis
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 21251, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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