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Dieffenbachia

genus of plants
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Dieffenbachia

Summary

Dieffenbachia is a taxon[1]. Dieffenbachia ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,422 views/month, #1,161 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dieffenbachia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Dieffenbachia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Joseph Dieffenbach is named after Dieffenbachia[5].
  • Dieffenbachia belongs to the parent taxon Aroideae[6].
  • Dieffenbachia's scientific name is Dieffenbachia[7].
  • Dieffenbachia's Commons category is recorded as Dieffenbachia[8].
  • Dieffenbachia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dieffenbachia[9].
  • Dieffenbachia's Commons gallery is recorded as Dieffenbachia[10].
  • Dieffenbachia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • Dieffenbachia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2)[12].
  • Dieffenbachia's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[13].
  • Dieffenbachia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3687[14].
  • Dieffenbachia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dieffenbachia'}[15].
  • Dieffenbachia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '花叶万年青属'}[16].
  • Dieffenbachia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黛粉芋属'}[17].
  • Dieffenbachia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '花叶万年青属'}[18].
  • Dieffenbachia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '粉黛叶属'}[19].
  • Dieffenbachia's has fruit type is recorded as berry[20].

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Classification

Dieffenbachia's scientific name is Dieffenbachia[7]. Dieffenbachia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Dieffenbachia is classified within Aroideae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dieffenbachia'}[15], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '花叶万年青属'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黛粉芋属'}[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '花叶万年青属'}[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '粉黛叶属'}[19].

Discovery and Description

Joseph Dieffenbach is named after Dieffenbachia[5].

Identifiers

Dieffenbachia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 147272[21]. Dieffenbachia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 42195[22]. Dieffenbachia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2869330[23]. Dieffenbachia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42566[24].

Why It Matters

Dieffenbachia ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,422 views/month, #1,161 of 195,241).[2] Dieffenbachia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Dieffenbachia is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2). wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → berry
    Parent taxon → Aroideae
    Aliases → —
    Named after → Joseph Dieffenbach
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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