Fittonia

genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae
Taxon taxon Q127648
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Fittonia

Summary

Fittonia is a taxon[1]. Fittonia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,392 views/month, #1,390 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fittonia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Fittonia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sarah Mary Fitton is named after Fittonia[5].
  • Elizabeth Fitton is named after Fittonia[6].
  • Fittonia is classified within Acanthaceae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Fittonia is Fittonia[8].
  • Fittonia's Commons category is recorded as Fittonia[9].
  • Fittonia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fittonia[10].
  • Fittonia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4689[11].
  • Fittonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '网纹草属'}[12].
  • Fittonia's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Fittonia is Fittonia[8]. Fittonia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Fittonia belongs to the parent taxon Acanthaceae[7]. Fittonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '网纹草属'}[12].

Discovery and Description

Things named after include Sarah Mary Fitton[5], a writer[14], 1796–1874[15], of Kingdom of Ireland[16] and Elizabeth Fitton[6], a writer[17]. Things named for Fittonia include Afrofittonia[18], a taxon[19].

Identifiers

Fittonia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 327858[20]. Fittonia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 141304[21]. Fittonia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 6931029[22]. Fittonia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3233835[23].

Why It Matters

Fittonia ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,392 views/month, #1,390 of 195,241).[2] Fittonia has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Fittonia is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Entities named for Fittonia include Afrofittonia[18], a taxon[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  14. [20] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . 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. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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