Kalmia

Summary

Kalmia is a taxon^[1]. Kalmia ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (733 views/month, #1,526 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kalmia's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Kalmia is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Pehr Kalm is named after Kalmia^[5].
• Kalmia is classified within Phyllodoceae^[6].
• Kalmia's scientific name is Kalmia^[7].
• Kalmia's Commons category is recorded as Kalmia^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Kalmia is Kalmia latifolia^[9].
• Kalmia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kalmia^[10].
• Kalmia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6253^[11].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'laurel'}^[12].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Lorbeerrosen'}^[13].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lambkill'}^[14].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spoonwood'}^[15].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kalmiat'}^[16].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Laurierroos'}^[17].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Lepelstruik'}^[18].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Kalmiasläktet'}^[19].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山月桂属'}^[20].
• Kalmia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kalmija'}^[21].

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Classification

Kalmia's scientific name is Kalmia^[7]. Kalmia is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Kalmia belongs to the parent taxon Phyllodoceae^[6]. The taxonomic type of Kalmia is Kalmia latifolia^[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'laurel'}^[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Lorbeerrosen'}^[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lambkill'}^[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spoonwood'}^[15], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kalmiat'}^[16], and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Laurierroos'}^[17].

Discovery and Description

Pehr Kalm is named after Kalmia^[5].

Identifiers

Kalmia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49398^[22]. Kalmia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 45894^[23]. Kalmia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61796^[24]. Kalmia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882989^[25]. Kalmia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23672^[26].

Why It Matters

Kalmia ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (733 views/month, #1,526 of 195,241).^[2] Kalmia has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] Kalmia is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]