Centaurea melitensis

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Taxon taxon Q848784
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Centaurea melitensis

Summary

Centaurea melitensis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Centaurea melitensis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Centaurea melitensis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Malta is named after Centaurea melitensis[5].
  • Centaurea melitensis belongs to the parent taxon Centaurea[6].
  • Centaurea melitensis's scientific name is Centaurea melitensis[7].
  • Centaurea melitensis's Commons category is recorded as Centaurea melitensis[8].
  • Centaurea melitensis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Centaurea melitensis[9].
  • Centaurea melitensis's Commons gallery is recorded as Centaurea melitensis[10].
  • Centaurea melitensis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=316613[11].
  • Centaurea melitensis's short name is recorded as C. melitensis[12].
  • Centaurea melitensis is commonly known as pengaled seraidd Malta[13].
  • Centaurea melitensis is commonly known as Maltese star-thistle[14].
  • Centaurea melitensis is commonly known as chrpa maltská[15].
  • Centaurea melitensis is commonly known as maltankaunokki[16].
  • Centaurea melitensis is commonly known as 马耳他岛矢车菊[17].
  • Centaurea melitensis is commonly known as 大矢车菊[18].
  • Centaurea melitensis's invasive to is recorded as Brazil[19].
  • Centaurea melitensis's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[20].

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Classification

Centaurea melitensis's scientific name is Centaurea melitensis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Centaurea[6]. Recorded taxon common name include pengaled seraidd Malta[13], Maltese star-thistle[14], chrpa maltská[15], maltankaunokki[16], 马耳他岛矢车菊[17], and 大矢车菊[18].

Discovery and Description

Malta is named after Centaurea melitensis[5].

Identifiers

Centaurea melitensis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57922[21]. Centaurea melitensis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41536[22]. Centaurea melitensis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 467679[23]. Centaurea melitensis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3128091[24]. Centaurea melitensis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 36965[25].

Why It Matters

Centaurea melitensis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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