Gladiolus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q156207
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Gladiolus

Summary

Gladiolus is a taxon[1]. Gladiolus ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,899 views/month, #920 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gladiolus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Gladiolus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Gladiolus belongs to the parent taxon Iridaceae[5].
  • Gladiolus's scientific name is Gladiolus[6].
  • Gladiolus's Commons category is recorded as Gladiolus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Gladiolus is Gladiolus communis[8].
  • Gladiolus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gladiolus[9].
  • Gladiolus's Commons gallery is recorded as Gladiolus[10].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(1)[14].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Gladiolus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[19].
  • Gladiolus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4969[20].
  • Gladiolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'gladiolus'}[21].
  • Gladiolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Miekkaliljat'}[22].
  • Gladiolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Kardvirág'}[23].
  • Gladiolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Gladiolo'}[24].
  • Gladiolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'lv', 'text': 'gladiolas'}[25].
  • Gladiolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Гладиолус'}[26].
  • Gladiolus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'шпажник'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Gladiolus is Gladiolus[6]. Gladiolus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Gladiolus is classified within Iridaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Gladiolus is Gladiolus communis[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'gladiolus'}[21], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Miekkaliljat'}[22], {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Kardvirág'}[23], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Gladiolo'}[24], {'lang': 'lv', 'text': 'gladiolas'}[25], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Гладиолус'}[26].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 59945[28] and 713534[29]. Gladiolus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 49747[30]. Gladiolus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61025[31]. Gladiolus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2749747[32]. Gladiolus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 43293[33].

Why It Matters

Gladiolus ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,899 views/month, #920 of 195,241).[2] Gladiolus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Gladiolus is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [30] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Parent taxon Iridaceae
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