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Celastrus

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Taxon taxon Q811662
Celastrus
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Celastrus

Summary

Celastrus is a taxon[1]. Celastrus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Celastrus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Celastrus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Celastrus belongs to the parent taxon Celastraceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Celastrus is Celastrus[6].
  • Celastrus is a type of vine[7].
  • Celastrus's Commons category is recorded as Celastrus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Celastrus is Celastrus scandens[9].
  • Celastrus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Celastrus[10].
  • Celastrus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 45(3)[11].
  • Celastrus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2220[12].
  • Celastrus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'bittersweet'}[13].
  • Celastrus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '南蛇藤属'}[14].
  • Celastrus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '南蛇藤属'}[15].
  • Celastrus's has fruit type is recorded as berry[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Celastrus is Celastrus[6]. Celastrus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Celastrus belongs to the parent taxon Celastraceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Celastrus is Celastrus scandens[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'bittersweet'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '南蛇藤属'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '南蛇藤属'}[15].

Identifiers

Celastrus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 64539[17]. Celastrus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 85180[18]. Celastrus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 50553[19]. Celastrus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3169168[20]. Celastrus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27973[21].

Why It Matters

Celastrus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (251 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2] Celastrus has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Celastrus is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 45(3). wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → berry
    Taxonomic type → Celastrus scandens
    Parent taxon → Celastraceae
    Subclass of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007530066205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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