Guaiacum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q1429385
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Guaiacum

Summary

Guaiacum is a taxon[1]. Guaiacum ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (539 views/month, #1,528 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guaiacum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Guaiacum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Guaiacum is classified within Zygophyllaceae[5].
  • Guaiacum's scientific name is Guaiacum[6].
  • Guaiacum's Commons category is recorded as Guaiacum[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Guaiacum is Guaiacum sanctum[8].
  • Guaiacum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Guaiacum[9].
  • Guaiacum's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[10].
  • Guaiacum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • Guaiacum's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[12].
  • Guaiacum's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13].
  • Guaiacum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5185[14].
  • Guaiacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lignum-vitae'}[15].
  • Guaiacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '愈疮木属'}[16].
  • Guaiacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '愈伤木属'}[17].
  • Guaiacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '愈创树属'}[18].
  • Guaiacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'gvajak'}[19].
  • Guaiacum's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Guaiacum is Guaiacum[6]. Guaiacum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Guaiacum belongs to the parent taxon Zygophyllaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Guaiacum is Guaiacum sanctum[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lignum-vitae'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '愈疮木属'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '愈伤木属'}[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '愈创树属'}[18], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'gvajak'}[19].

Identifiers

Guaiacum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 185509[21]. Guaiacum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 45188[22]. Guaiacum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60830[23]. Guaiacum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3189907[24]. Guaiacum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 29039[25].

Why It Matters

Guaiacum ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (539 views/month, #1,528 of 195,241).[2] Guaiacum has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Guaiacum is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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] . tropicos.org. Retrieved . tropicos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] . 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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Cites appendix Appendix II of CITES
    Taxonomic type Guaiacum sanctum
    Parent taxon Zygophyllaceae
    Instance of taxon
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