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Commelinaceae

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Taxon taxon Q156674
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Commelinaceae

Summary

Commelinaceae is a taxon[1]. Commelinaceae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (194 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commelinaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Commelinaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Commelinaceae is classified within Enantioblastae[5].
  • Commelinaceae is classified within Coronarieae[6].
  • Commelinaceae belongs to the parent taxon Farinosae[7].
  • Commelinaceae is classified within Commelinales[8].
  • Commelinaceae belongs to the parent taxon Commelinineae[9].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Commelinaceae is Commelinaceae[10].
  • Commelinaceae's Commons category is recorded as Commelinaceae[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Commelinaceae is Commelina[12].
  • Commelinaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Commelinaceae[13].
  • Commelinaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(3)[14].
  • Commelinaceae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Commelinaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=281[16].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Soljokasvit'}[17].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Կոմելինազգիներ'}[18].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ツユクサ科'}[19].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Tradescantia-achtigen'}[20].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鸭跖草科'}[21].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Commelinafamilie'}[22].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '닭의장풀과'}[23].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '鸭跖草科'}[24].
  • Commelinaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'komelinovke'}[25].
  • Commelinaceae's uses is recorded as CAM photosynthesis[26].
  • Commelinaceae's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Commelinaceae is Commelinaceae[10]. Commelinaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Enantioblastae[5], Coronarieae[6], Farinosae[7], Commelinales[8], and Commelinineae[9]. The taxonomic type of Commelinaceae is Commelina[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Soljokasvit'}[17], {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Կոմելինազգիներ'}[18], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ツユクサ科'}[19], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Tradescantia-achtigen'}[20], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鸭跖草科'}[21], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Commelinafamilie'}[22].

Identifiers

Commelinaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49147[28]. Commelinaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4740[29]. Commelinaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8206[30]. Commelinaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2763195[31]. Commelinaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 39123[32].

Why It Matters

Commelinaceae ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (194 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2] Commelinaceae has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Commelinaceae is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (ed. 9). wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(3). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants. wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Enantioblastae, Coronarieae, Farinosae +2
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Has fruit type → capsule, berry
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