Coptis

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q135562
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Coptis

Summary

Coptis is a taxon[1]. Coptis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Coptis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Coptis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Coptis belongs to the parent taxon Ranunculaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Coptis is Coptis[6].
  • Coptis's Commons category is recorded as Coptis[7].
  • Coptis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coptis[8].
  • Coptis's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 27[9].
  • Coptis's taxon synonym is recorded as Coldenella[10].
  • Coptis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2909[11].
  • Coptis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'goldthread'}[12].
  • Coptis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '黄连属'}[13].
  • Coptis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黄连属'}[14].
  • Coptis is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'オウレン属'}[15].

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Classification

Coptis's scientific name is Coptis[6]. Coptis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Coptis is classified within Ranunculaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'goldthread'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '黄连属'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黄连属'}[14], and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'オウレン属'}[15].

Identifiers

Coptis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72070[16]. Coptis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3441[17]. Coptis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 72623[18]. Coptis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3033631[19]. Coptis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18763[20].

Why It Matters

Coptis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month, #1,608 of 195,241).[2] Coptis has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Coptis is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 27. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Ranunculaceae
    Taxon synonym Coldenella
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
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