Dicranum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q140965
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Dicranum

Summary

Dicranum is a taxon[1]. Dicranum ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dicranum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Dicranum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Dicranum is classified within Dicranaceae[5].
  • Dicranum's scientific name is Dicranum[6].
  • Dicranum's Commons category is recorded as Dicranum[7].
  • Dicranum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dicranum[8].
  • Dicranum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dicranum moss'}[9].
  • Dicranum is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kynsisammalet'}[10].
  • Dicranum is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Kvastmossor'}[11].
  • Dicranum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gaffeltandmos'}[12].
  • Dicranum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '曲尾藓属'}[13].
  • Dicranum's taxon author citation is recorded as Hedw.[14].

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Classification

Dicranum's scientific name is Dicranum[6]. Dicranum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Dicranum belongs to the parent taxon Dicranaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dicranum moss'}[9], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kynsisammalet'}[10], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Kvastmossor'}[11], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Gaffeltandmos'}[12], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '曲尾藓属'}[13].

Identifiers

Dicranum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 123120[15]. Dicranum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3221[16]. Dicranum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 53814[17]. Dicranum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2672916[18]. Dicranum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 16761[19].

Why It Matters

Dicranum ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Dicranum has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Dicranum is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . eFloras. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . World Flora Online. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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