Cucurbita

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q5339301
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Cucurbita

Summary

Cucurbita is a taxon[1]. Cucurbita ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,985 views/month, #998 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cucurbita's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cucurbita is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cucurbita belongs to the parent taxon Cucurbiteae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cucurbita is Cucurbita[6].
  • Cucurbita's Commons category is recorded as Cucurbita[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Cucurbita is Cucurbita pepo[8].
  • Cucurbita's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cucurbita[9].
  • Cucurbita's Commons gallery is recorded as Cucurbita[10].
  • Cucurbita's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11].
  • Cucurbita's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)[12].
  • Cucurbita's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Cucurbita's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Cucurbita's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Cucurbita's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • Cucurbita's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3164[17].
  • Cucurbita's this taxon is source of is recorded as squash blossom[18].
  • Cucurbita is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'gourd'}[19].
  • Cucurbita is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Pompoen'}[20].
  • Cucurbita is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'カボチャ属'}[21].
  • Cucurbita is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '南瓜属'}[22].
  • Cucurbita is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '南瓜属'}[23].
  • Cucurbita is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'buča'}[24].
  • Cucurbita's vocalized name is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'דְּלַעַת'}[25].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cucurbita is Cucurbita[6]. Cucurbita is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cucurbita is classified within Cucurbiteae[5]. The taxonomic type of Cucurbita is Cucurbita pepo[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'gourd'}[19], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Pompoen'}[20], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'カボチャ属'}[21], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '南瓜属'}[22], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '南瓜属'}[23], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'buča'}[24].

Identifiers

Cucurbita's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3660[26]. Cucurbita's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38266[27]. Cucurbita's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874506[28]. Cucurbita's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22365[29].

Why It Matters

Cucurbita ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,985 views/month, #998 of 195,241).[2] Cucurbita has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Cucurbita is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Phylogenetic relationships in the order Cucurbitales and a new classification of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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