Celosia

genus of plants in the amaranth family
Taxon taxon Q159223
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Celosia

Summary

Celosia is a taxon[1]. Celosia ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,982 views/month, #1,075 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Celosia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Celosia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Celosia belongs to the parent taxon Amaranthoideae[5].
  • Celosia's scientific name is Celosia[6].
  • Celosia is a type of pseudocereal[7].
  • Celosia's Commons category is recorded as Celosia[8].
  • Celosia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Celosia[9].
  • Celosia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[10].
  • Celosia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[11].
  • Celosia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Celosia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2225[13].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "cock's comb"}[14].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Brandschopf'}[15].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cockscombs'}[16].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Woolflowers'}[17].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kukonharjat'}[18].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Célosies'}[19].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Целозия'}[20].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '青葙属'}[21].
  • Celosia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '青葙属'}[22].
  • Celosia's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[23].
  • Celosia's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Celosia[24].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Celosia is Celosia[6]. Celosia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Celosia belongs to the parent taxon Amaranthoideae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': "cock's comb"}[14], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Brandschopf'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cockscombs'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Woolflowers'}[17], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kukonharjat'}[18], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Célosies'}[19].

Identifiers

Celosia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 127364[25]. Celosia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46111[26]. Celosia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3085190[27]. Celosia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20777[28].

Why It Matters

Celosia ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,982 views/month, #1,075 of 195,241).[2] Celosia has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Celosia is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . all-my-favourite-flower-names.com. Retrieved . all-my-favourite-flower-names.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2). wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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