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Cactus

former genus of plants in the Cactaceae family, now replaced by the Mammillaria genus
Taxon taxon Q10856673
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Cactus

Summary

Cactus is a taxon[1]. Cactus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Cactus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cactus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cactus is classified within Cactaceae[5].
  • Cactus's scientific name is Cactus[6].
  • The taxonomic type of Cactus is Cactus mammillaris[7].
  • Cactus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=13771[8].
  • Cactus's different from is recorded as Cactaceae[9].
  • Cactus's homonymous taxon is recorded as Cactus[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cactus is Cactus[6]. Cactus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cactus is classified within Cactaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Cactus is Cactus mammillaris[7].

Identifiers

Cactus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 907089[11].

Why It Matters

Cactus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Jlwoodwa · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 1
    Wikipedia languages → ['pt']
    Irmng id → 1264992
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||de, en, es, it, la, pt, bg, ast, ga, ro, pl, vi, sq, ceb, war, fi, ca, eu, eo, oc, pt-br, gl, ie, ia, ext, io, vo, an, ru, uk */ Remove all redundant labels/a"
  2. 15w ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Plants of the world online id → urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30000483-2
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1q6j7fxnc
    Wikidata description → former genus of plants in the Cactaceae family, now replaced by the Mammillaria
    Parent taxon → Cactaceae
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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