Hedychium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q137050
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Hedychium

Summary

Hedychium is a taxon[1]. Hedychium ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hedychium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hedychium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Hedychium is classified within Zingiberaceae[5].
  • Hedychium's scientific name is Hedychium[6].
  • Hedychium's Commons category is recorded as Hedychium[7].
  • Hedychium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hedychium[8].
  • Hedychium's Commons gallery is recorded as Hedychium[9].
  • Hedychium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[10].
  • Hedychium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5454[11].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Garland-lily'}[12].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'koi', 'text': 'Гедихиум'}[13].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Saldylis'}[14].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Viskesläktet'}[15].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'kv', 'text': 'Гедихиум'}[16].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Гедихиум'}[17].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'hi', 'text': 'गुलबकावली'}[18].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '姜花属'}[19].
  • Hedychium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '姜花属'}[20].

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Classification

Hedychium's scientific name is Hedychium[6]. Hedychium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Hedychium belongs to the parent taxon Zingiberaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Garland-lily'}[12], {'lang': 'koi', 'text': 'Гедихиум'}[13], {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Saldylis'}[14], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Viskesläktet'}[15], {'lang': 'kv', 'text': 'Гедихиум'}[16], and {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Гедихиум'}[17].

Identifiers

Hedychium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52497[21]. Hedychium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4645[22]. Hedychium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 98906[23]. Hedychium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2758595[24]. Hedychium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42395[25].

Why It Matters

Hedychium ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (141 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2] Hedychium has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Hedychium is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . 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] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2). wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . 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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