Amorphophallus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q132651
Amorphophallus
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Amorphophallus

Summary

Amorphophallus is a taxon[1]. Amorphophallus ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (682 views/month, #1,458 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Amorphophallus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Amorphophallus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Amorphophallus belongs to the parent taxon Aroideae[5].
  • Amorphophallus's scientific name is Amorphophallus[6].
  • Amorphophallus's Commons category is recorded as Amorphophallus[7].
  • Amorphophallus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amorphophallus[8].
  • Amorphophallus's Commons gallery is recorded as Amorphophallus[9].
  • Amorphophallus's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • Amorphophallus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2)[11].
  • Amorphophallus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • Amorphophallus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=542[13].
  • Amorphophallus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'amorphophallus'}[14].
  • Amorphophallus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pökkövehkat'}[15].
  • Amorphophallus is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Amorfofalas'}[16].
  • Amorphophallus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '魔芋屬'}[17].
  • Amorphophallus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '磨芋属'}[18].
  • Amorphophallus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '魔芋属'}[19].
  • Amorphophallus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '蘑芋属'}[20].
  • Amorphophallus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '磨芋属'}[21].
  • Amorphophallus's has fruit type is recorded as berry[22].

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Classification

Amorphophallus's scientific name is Amorphophallus[6]. Amorphophallus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Amorphophallus is classified within Aroideae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'amorphophallus'}[14], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pökkövehkat'}[15], {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Amorfofalas'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '魔芋屬'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '磨芋属'}[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '魔芋属'}[19].

Identifiers

Amorphophallus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62195[23]. Amorphophallus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 74663[24]. Amorphophallus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39836259[25]. Amorphophallus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2871389[26]. Amorphophallus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500822[27].

Why It Matters

Amorphophallus ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (682 views/month, #1,458 of 195,241).[2] Amorphophallus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Amorphophallus is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Australian Plant Name Index. 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] . 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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . 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] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . 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. 5h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Amorphophallus
    Has fruit type berry
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