Hosta

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q623347
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Hosta

Summary

Hosta is a taxon[1]. Hosta ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,120 views/month, #745 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hosta received the perennial of the year[3].
  • Hosta's image is recorded as Hosta Bressingham Blue.JPG[4].
  • Hosta's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Hosta's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Hosta's parent taxon is recorded as Agavoideae[7].
  • Hosta's taxon name is recorded as Hosta[8].
  • Hosta's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85062422[9].
  • Hosta's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00576269[10].
  • Hosta's Commons category is recorded as Hosta[11].
  • Hosta's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D031422[12].
  • Hosta's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/069190[13].
  • Hosta's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.875.800.575.912.250.618.100.060.375[14].
  • Hosta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13090[15].
  • Hosta's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph672603[16].
  • Hosta's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42950[17].
  • Hosta's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 33632[18].
  • Hosta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9342215[19].
  • Hosta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hosta[20].
  • Hosta's Commons gallery is recorded as Hosta[21].
  • Hosta's Tropicos ID is recorded as 40027793[22].
  • Hosta's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 331214-2[23].
  • Hosta's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24].
  • Hosta's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14[25].
  • Hosta's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • Hosta's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000205518[27].

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Recognition

Hosta received the perennial of the year[3].

Why It Matters

Hosta ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,120 views/month, #745 of 195,241).[2] Hosta has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Hosta is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Hosta receive?

Honors received include perennial of the year[3].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . staude-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . staude-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . 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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