Heliconia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q624242
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Summary

Heliconia is a taxon[1]. Heliconia ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,972 views/month, #1,432 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Heliconiaceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Heliconia[5]
  • Commons category: Heliconia[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heliconia[7]
  • Commons gallery: Heliconia[8]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[10]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=5481[11]
  • Taxon common name: heliconia[12], Helikoniat[13], 蝎尾蕉属[14], 赫蕉属[15]
  • Different from: Helliconia[16]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[17]

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Identifiers

Heliconia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 84964[18]. Heliconia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4653[19]. Heliconia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 35074[20]. Heliconia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2760545[21]. Heliconia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42386[22].

Why It Matters

Heliconia has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Heliconia is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 13925330517
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 13925330517, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/13925330517 in United States"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Heliconiaceae
    Instance of → taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555540405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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