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Carpobrotus

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Taxon taxon Q134968
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Carpobrotus

Summary

Carpobrotus is a taxon[1]. Carpobrotus ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month, #1,476 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carpobrotus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Carpobrotus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Carpobrotus belongs to the parent taxon Ruschieae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Carpobrotus is Carpobrotus[6].
  • Carpobrotus's Commons category is recorded as Carpobrotus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Carpobrotus is Carpobrotus edulis[8].
  • Carpobrotus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carpobrotus[9].
  • Carpobrotus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2113[10].
  • Carpobrotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'carpobrotus'}[11].
  • Carpobrotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ice Plants'}[12].
  • Carpobrotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pigfaces'}[13].
  • Carpobrotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Mehipäivikit'}[14].
  • Carpobrotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '剑叶花属'}[15].
  • Carpobrotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海榕菜属'}[16].
  • Carpobrotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '匍昼花属'}[17].
  • Carpobrotus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '食用昼花属'}[18].
  • Carpobrotus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[19].

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Classification

Carpobrotus's scientific name is Carpobrotus[6]. Carpobrotus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Carpobrotus belongs to the parent taxon Ruschieae[5]. The taxonomic type of Carpobrotus is Carpobrotus edulis[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'carpobrotus'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ice Plants'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pigfaces'}[13], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Mehipäivikit'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '剑叶花属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海榕菜属'}[16].

Identifiers

Carpobrotus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49323[20]. Carpobrotus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 141999[21]. Carpobrotus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60549[22]. Carpobrotus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084841[23]. Carpobrotus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19932[24].

Why It Matters

Carpobrotus ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month, #1,476 of 195,241).[2] Carpobrotus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Carpobrotus is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The Gardeners' Chronicle, ser. 3. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Ruschieae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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