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Calathea

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q1650700
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Calathea

Summary

Calathea is a taxon[1]. Calathea ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,139 views/month, #1,209 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Calathea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Calathea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Calathea belongs to the parent taxon Marantaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Calathea is Calathea[6].
  • Calathea's Commons category is recorded as Calathea[7].
  • Calathea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Calathea[8].
  • Calathea's Commons gallery is recorded as Calathea[9].
  • Calathea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[10].
  • Calathea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1867[11].
  • Calathea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'calathea'}[12].
  • Calathea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '肖竹芋属'}[13].
  • Calathea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '叠苞竹芋属'}[14].
  • Calathea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '肖竹芋属'}[15].
  • Calathea is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kalatea'}[16].
  • Calathea is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'ostrzeszyn'}[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Calathea is Calathea[6]. Calathea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Calathea belongs to the parent taxon Marantaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'calathea'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '肖竹芋属'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '叠苞竹芋属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '肖竹芋属'}[15], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kalatea'}[16], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'ostrzeszyn'}[17].

Identifiers

Calathea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68039[18]. Calathea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4622[19]. Calathea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 18456[20]. Calathea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8394666[21]. Calathea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42421[22].

Why It Matters

Calathea ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,139 views/month, #1,209 of 195,241).[2] Calathea has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Calathea is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2). wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Marantaceae
    Instance of → taxon
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    Taxon rank → genus
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