Cucurbitaceae

family of plants
Taxon taxon Q8314
Cucurbitaceae
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Cucurbitaceae

Summary

Cucurbitaceae is a taxon[1]. Cucurbitaceae ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,978 views/month, #983 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cucurbitaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cucurbitaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Cucurbitaceae is classified within Violales[5].
  • Cucurbitaceae belongs to the parent taxon Passiflorales[6].
  • Cucurbitaceae is classified within Cucurbitales[7].
  • Cucurbitaceae is classified within Cucurbitineae[8].
  • Cucurbitaceae is classified within Begoniineae[9].
  • Cucurbitaceae's scientific name is Cucurbitaceae[10].
  • Cucurbitaceae's Commons category is recorded as Cucurbitaceae[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Cucurbitaceae is Cucurbita[12].
  • Cucurbitaceae began on -62000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Cucurbitaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cucurbitaceae[14].
  • Cucurbitaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)[15].
  • Cucurbitaceae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Cucurbitaceae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[17].
  • Cucurbitaceae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Cucurbitaceae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Cucurbitaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=312[20].
  • Cucurbitaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Komkommerfamilie'}[21].
  • Cucurbitaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '박과'}[22].
  • Cucurbitaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '葫芦科'}[23].
  • Cucurbitaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '葫蘆科'}[24].
  • Cucurbitaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '瓜科'}[25].
  • Cucurbitaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '葫芦科'}[26].
  • Cucurbitaceae's uses is recorded as CAM photosynthesis[27].

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Classification

Cucurbitaceae's scientific name is Cucurbitaceae[10]. Cucurbitaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Violales[5], Passiflorales[6], Cucurbitales[7], Cucurbitineae[8], and Begoniineae[9]. The taxonomic type of Cucurbitaceae is Cucurbita[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Komkommerfamilie'}[21], {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '박과'}[22], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '葫芦科'}[23], {'lang': 'zh-hant', 'text': '葫蘆科'}[24], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '瓜科'}[25], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '葫芦科'}[26].

Identifiers

Cucurbitaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48620[28]. Cucurbitaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3650[29]. Cucurbitaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4458[30]. Cucurbitaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6634[31]. Cucurbitaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22337[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cucurbitaceae include kurbits[33], a symbol[34].

Why It Matters

Cucurbitaceae ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,978 views/month, #983 of 195,241).[2] Cucurbitaceae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Cucurbitaceae is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for Cucurbitaceae include kurbits[33], a symbol[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q24497598. 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] . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida (“Angiospermae”). 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. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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