Khaya

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q134051
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Khaya

Summary

Khaya is a taxon[1]. Khaya ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Khaya's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Khaya is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Khaya is classified within Meliaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Khaya is Khaya[6].
  • Khaya's Commons category is recorded as Khaya[7].
  • Khaya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Khaya[8].
  • Khaya's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3)[9].
  • Khaya's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6310[10].
  • Khaya's this taxon is source of is recorded as African mahogany[11].
  • Khaya is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African mahogany'}[12].
  • Khaya is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kaijamahongit'}[13].
  • Khaya is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '非洲楝属'}[14].
  • Khaya is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲楝属'}[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Khaya is Khaya[6]. Khaya is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Khaya belongs to the parent taxon Meliaceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African mahogany'}[12], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kaijamahongit'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '非洲楝属'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲楝属'}[15].

Identifiers

Khaya's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 126187[16]. Khaya's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 124952[17]. Khaya's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71074[18]. Khaya's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3190507[19]. Khaya's ITIS TSN is recorded as 29020[20].

Why It Matters

Khaya ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (161 views/month, #1,587 of 195,241).[2] Khaya has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Khaya is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3). wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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