Asclepias

Summary

Asclepias is a taxon^[1]. Asclepias ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,376 views/month, #652 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Asclepias's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Asclepias is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Asclepias belongs to the parent taxon Asclepiadinae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Asclepias is Asclepias^[6].
• Asclepias's Commons category is recorded as Asclepias^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Asclepias is Asclepias syriaca^[8].
• Asclepias's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Asclepias^[9].
• Asclepias's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[10].
• Asclepias's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 63^[11].
• Asclepias's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[12].
• Asclepias's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Asclepias's taxon synonym is recorded as Polyotus^[14].
• Asclepias's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1031^[15].
• Asclepias is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Zijdeplant'}^[16].
• Asclepias is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '马利筋属'}^[17].
• Asclepias is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '马利筋属'}^[18].
• Asclepias is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'svilnica'}^[19].
• Asclepias's PAEnflowered taxon URL is recorded as https://www.paenflowered.org/apgii/gentianales/apocynaceae/asclepias^[20].
• Asclepias's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Asclepias^[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Asclepias is Asclepias^[6]. Asclepias is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Asclepias belongs to the parent taxon Asclepiadinae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Asclepias is Asclepias syriaca^[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Zijdeplant'}^[16], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '马利筋属'}^[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '马利筋属'}^[18], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'svilnica'}^[19].

Identifiers

Asclepias's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47906^[22]. Asclepias's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 21199^[23]. Asclepias's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 70995^[24]. Asclepias's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3170229^[25]. Asclepias's ITIS TSN is recorded as 30240^[26].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Asclepias include Chrysochus asclepiadeus^[27], a taxon^[28].

Why It Matters

Asclepias ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,376 views/month, #652 of 195,241).^[2] Asclepias has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Asclepias is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for Asclepias include Chrysochus asclepiadeus^[27], a taxon^[28].