Dianthus

genus of flowering plants
Taxon taxon Q156099
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Summary

Dianthus is a taxon[1]. Dianthus ranks in the top 0.31% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,322 views/month, #605 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Caryophylleae[4]
  • Taxon name: Dianthus[5]
  • Subclass of: flowering plant[6]
  • Commons category: Dianthus[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Dianthus caryophyllus[8]
  • Replaced synonym (for nom. nov.): Caryophyllus[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dianthus[10]
  • Commons gallery: Dianthus[11]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 26[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3568[16]
  • This taxon is source of: Carnation aroma[17], carnation[18]
  • Taxon common name: pink[19], قرنفل[20], Qərənfil[21], Nagele[22], Гваздзік[23], Карамфил[24], ཟིང་དཀར།[25], Clavell[26], مێخەک[27], hvozdík[28], Nellike[29], Nelken[30], Dianto[31], Clavel[32]

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Identifiers

Dianthus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3569[33]. Dianthus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61658[34]. Dianthus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3085411[35]. Dianthus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20275[36].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Dianthus include 2S1 Gvozdika[37], a combat vehicle family[38] and Yamato nadeshiko[39], a concept[40], in Japan[41].

Why It Matters

Dianthus has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Dianthus is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Entities named for Dianthus include 2S1 Gvozdika[37], a combat vehicle family[38] and Yamato nadeshiko[39], a concept[40], in Japan[41].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [41] ↑ . 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. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Royal horticultural society plant id → 97995
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Royal horticultural society plant id: 97995, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/272133|batch #272133]]"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4386
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4386, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0379019-hvozdik
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0379019-hvozdik, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 22w ago · AdamSeattle · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flower color → red
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Flower color: red"
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