Maranta

Summary

Maranta is a taxon^[1]. Maranta ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (588 views/month, #1,553 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Maranta's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Maranta is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Maranta belongs to the parent taxon Marantaceae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Maranta is Maranta^[6].
• Maranta's Commons category is recorded as Maranta^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Maranta is Maranta arundinacea^[8].
• Maranta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Maranta (plant)^[9].
• Maranta's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[10].
• Maranta's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)^[11].
• Maranta's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[12].
• Maranta's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[13].
• Maranta's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7261^[14].
• Maranta is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'maranta'}^[15].
• Maranta is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Prayer Plant'}^[16].
• Maranta is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Nukkumatit'}^[17].
• Maranta is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'urubá'}^[18].
• Maranta is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '竹芋属'}^[19].
• Maranta is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '竹芋属'}^[20].

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Classification

Maranta's scientific name is Maranta^[6]. Maranta is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Maranta is classified within Marantaceae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Maranta is Maranta arundinacea^[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'maranta'}^[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Prayer Plant'}^[16], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Nukkumatit'}^[17], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'urubá'}^[18], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '竹芋属'}^[19], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '竹芋属'}^[20].

Identifiers

Maranta's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 126246^[21]. Maranta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 16300^[22]. Maranta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2757347^[23]. Maranta's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42424^[24].

Why It Matters

Maranta ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (588 views/month, #1,553 of 195,241).^[2] Maranta has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] Maranta is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]