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Hosta

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q623347

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
taxon
Award received
perennial of the year[2]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6][7][8]
Has fruit type
capsule[13]
Parent taxon
Agavoideae[4]
Taxon common name
玉簪属, 玉簪属, funkia, hosta[9][10][11][12]
Taxon name
Hosta[5]
Taxon rank
genus[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hosta en plantain lily en hostas ar هسته cs funkie cs bohyška da Funkia de Herzblattlilie de Herzblattlilien de Hosta de Funkia de Funkie de Funkien es Bryocles es Funkia fa سوسن پلانتین fi Funkia fi Hosta fi Kuunlilja fi kuunliljat
🔖 Identifiers · 54
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85062422
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hosta Bressingham Blue.JPG ↗
BOLD Systems taxon ID
365979
Biota of New Zealand ID
293d21e1-098a-485d-81f7-06245a8e57cf
Catalogue of Life ID
8VYCQ
Czech NDOP taxon ID
37535
Dyntaxa ID
1005697
EPPO Code
1HSTG
Encyclopedia of Life ID
33632
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/plantain-lily
Flora of China ID
115795
Flora of North America taxon ID
115795
Show all 54 identifiers +42
Freebase ID
/m/069190
GBIF taxon ID
9342215
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
bladlilje
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4697332
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
khosta-c71ec9
INaturalist taxon ID
82095
IPNI plant ID
331214-2
IRMNG ID
1300445
ITIS TSN
42950
Interlingual Index ID
i102437
Lex ID
Hosta
MeSH descriptor ID
D031422
MeSH tree code
B01.875.800.575.912.250.618.100.060.375
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777508938
Museum-digital tag ID
103385
NALT ID
46003
NBIC scientific name ID
99397
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000459763
NCBI taxonomy ID
13090
NDL Authority ID
00576269
NL CR AUT ID
ph672603
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007529091505171
National Library of Latvia ID
000205518
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
179161
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
6ae830fd-c1cf-4125-8862-7a300d00ceca
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3903308
Open Tree of Life ID
35794
Pladias ID
686
Plantarium ID
41342
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331214-2
Royal Horticultural Society plant ID
51451
Topic's main category
Category:Hosta
Tropicos ID
40027793
UMLS CUI
C1000546
USDA PLANTS ID
HOSTA
VASCAN ID
1258
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID
6701
Wellcome Collection concept ID
adh9stwk
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
12478024-n
World Flora Online ID
wfo-4000018320
Yale LUX ID
concept/e12fc490-5628-43ca-ac56-ea3ae39da5d3

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 19
Hosta sieboldiana, Hosta plantaginea, Hosta ventricosa, Hosta sieboldii, Hosta capitata, Hosta longipes, Hosta minor, Hosta venusta +11 more
Award received 1
perennial of the year
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Has fruit type 1
capsule
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Agavoideae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Hosta
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Hosta
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Summary

Hosta is a taxon[1].

FAQs

What awards did Hosta receive?

Honors received include perennial of the year[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. 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. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Royal Horticultural Society plant ID → 51451
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Royal Horticultural Society plant ID: 51451, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/272133|batch #272133]]"
  2. 11w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual Index ID → i102437
    WordNet 3.1 Synset ID → 12478024-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  3. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → capsule
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 4697332
    Parent taxon → Agavoideae
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007529091505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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