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Colocasia

genus of plants
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Colocasia

Summary

Colocasia is a taxon[1]. Colocasia ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (930 views/month, #1,248 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Colocasia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Colocasia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Colocasia is classified within Colocasieae[5].
  • Colocasia's scientific name is Colocasia[6].
  • Colocasia's Commons category is recorded as Colocasia[7].
  • Colocasia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Colocasia[8].
  • Colocasia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2)[9].
  • Colocasia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Colocasia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Colocasia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2816[12].
  • Colocasia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'colocasia'}[13].
  • Colocasia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '芋属'}[14].
  • Colocasia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '芋属'}[15].
  • Colocasia's MCN code is recorded as 0714.40.00[16].
  • Colocasia's homonymous taxon is recorded as Colocasia[17].

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Classification

Colocasia's scientific name is Colocasia[6]. Colocasia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Colocasia is classified within Colocasieae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'colocasia'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '芋属'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '芋属'}[15].

Identifiers

Colocasia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122839[18]. Colocasia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4459[19]. Colocasia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5330758[20]. Colocasia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 185364[21].

Why It Matters

Colocasia ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (930 views/month, #1,248 of 195,241).[2] Colocasia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Colocasia is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2). wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . 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. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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    Topic's main category → Category:Colocasia
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