genus

taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, and viruses
Thing taxonomic_rank Q34740
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genus

Summary

genus is a taxonomic rank[1]. genus ranks in the top 6% of taxonomic_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,262 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • genus's instance of is recorded as taxonomic rank[3].
  • genus's instance of is recorded as rank in botany[4].
  • genus's instance of is recorded as rank in zoology[5].
  • genus's part of is recorded as subtribe[6].
  • genus's part of is recorded as subfamily[7].
  • genus's part of is recorded as supergenus[8].
  • genus's Commons category is recorded as Genera (biology)[9].
  • genus's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Tahmid-গণ.wav[10].
  • genus's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Gattung2.ogg[11].
  • genus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09lc9[12].
  • genus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Genera[13].
  • genus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • genus's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/genus-taxon[15].
  • genus's has characteristic is recorded as type species[16].
  • genus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'g.'}[17].
  • genus's different from is recorded as Genus[18].
  • genus's different from is recorded as Geslacht[19].
  • genus's different from is recorded as Geslecht[20].
  • genus's different from is recorded as ichnogenus[21].
  • genus's different from is recorded as clan[22].
  • genus's different from is recorded as grammatical gender[23].
  • genus's different from is recorded as oogenus[24].
  • genus's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 3512197[25].
  • genus's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as levenswetenschappen-en-geneeskunde/genus[26].
  • genus's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as genera[27].

Why It Matters

genus ranks in the top 6% of taxonomic_rank entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,262 views/month).[2] genus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] genus is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ICTV Master Species List 2019.v1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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