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Cercis

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q29033
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Cercis

Summary

Cercis is a taxon[1]. Cercis ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (587 views/month, #1,394 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cercis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cercis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cercis is classified within Cercidinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cercis is Cercis[6].
  • Cercis is a type of tree[7].
  • Cercis's Commons category is recorded as Cercis[8].
  • Cercis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cercis[9].
  • Cercis's Commons gallery is recorded as Cercis[10].
  • Cercis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Cercis's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 39[12].
  • Cercis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2315[13].
  • Cercis's this taxon is source of is recorded as redbud[14].
  • Cercis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'redbud'}[15].
  • Cercis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫荆属'}[16].
  • Cercis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫荆属'}[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cercis is Cercis[6]. Cercis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cercis belongs to the parent taxon Cercidinae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'redbud'}[15], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫荆属'}[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫荆属'}[17].

Identifiers

Cercis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48801[18]. Cercis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 49800[19]. Cercis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 28998[20]. Cercis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2955919[21]. Cercis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 25781[22].

Why It Matters

Cercis ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (587 views/month, #1,394 of 195,241).[2] Cercis has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Cercis is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 39. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. 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. 11d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Cercidinae
    Subclass of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
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