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Marantaceae

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Marantaceae

Summary

Marantaceae is a taxon[1]. Marantaceae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month, #1,542 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Marantaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Marantaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Marantaceae belongs to the parent taxon Scitamineae[5].
  • Marantaceae is classified within Zingiberales[6].
  • Marantaceae belongs to the parent taxon Cannineae[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Marantaceae is Marantaceae[8].
  • Marantaceae's Commons category is recorded as Marantaceae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Marantaceae is Maranta[10].
  • Marantaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marantaceae[11].
  • Marantaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[12].
  • Marantaceae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Marantaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=690[14].
  • Marantaceae's name in kana is recorded as マランタ[15].
  • Marantaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '竹芋科'}[16].
  • Marantaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '竹芋科'}[17].
  • Marantaceae's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[18].

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Classification

Marantaceae's scientific name is Marantaceae[8]. Marantaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Scitamineae[5], Zingiberales[6], and Cannineae[7]. The taxonomic type of Marantaceae is Maranta[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '竹芋科'}[16] and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '竹芋科'}[17].

Identifiers

Marantaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68038[19]. Marantaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4619[20]. Marantaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5429[21]. Marantaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8784[22]. Marantaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42420[23].

Why It Matters

Marantaceae ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month, #1,542 of 195,241).[2] Marantaceae has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Marantaceae is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → capsule
    Taxonomic type → Maranta
    Parent taxon → Scitamineae, Zingiberales, Cannineae
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550874605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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