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palynology

study of plant pollen, spores and certain microscopic plankton organisms (collectively termed palynomorphs) in both living and fossil form
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Summary

palynology is a branch of science[1]. palynology draws 842 Wikipedia views per month (branch of science category, ranking #62 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: botany[3]
  • Part of: Earth science[4], biology[5]
  • Commons category: Palynology[6]
  • Has part(s): aeropalynology[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Palynology[8]
  • Described at URL: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/paleobotany/palynology/[9]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[10], Dictionary of terms in microbiology and related sciences[11]
  • Is the study of: dust[12], pollen[13], spore[14], palynomorph[15]
  • Practiced by: palynologist[16]

Why It Matters

palynology has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] palynology is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

biology botany Earth science

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → palinologija
    Image → Misc pollen.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: palinologija"
  2. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Local thumb → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Palynology
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 38888, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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