Pediocactus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q133563
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Pediocactus

Summary

Pediocactus is a taxon[1]. Pediocactus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pediocactus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pediocactus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pediocactus belongs to the parent taxon Cacteae[5].
  • Pediocactus's scientific name is Pediocactus[6].
  • Pediocactus's Commons category is recorded as Pediocactus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Pediocactus is Echinocactus simpsonii[8].
  • Pediocactus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pediocactus by Common Name[9].
  • Pediocactus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pediocactus[10].
  • Pediocactus's taxon synonym is recorded as Navajoa[11].
  • Pediocactus's taxon synonym is recorded as Neonavajoa[12].
  • Pediocactus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8975[13].
  • Pediocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pincushion cactus'}[14].
  • Pediocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Neulakaktukset'}[15].
  • Pediocactus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '月华玉属'}[16].

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Classification

Pediocactus's scientific name is Pediocactus[6]. Pediocactus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pediocactus belongs to the parent taxon Cacteae[5]. The taxonomic type of Pediocactus is Echinocactus simpsonii[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pincushion cactus'}[14], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Neulakaktukset'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '月华玉属'}[16].

Identifiers

Pediocactus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 119307[17]. Pediocactus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 130163[18]. Pediocactus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 37867[19]. Pediocactus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084062[20]. Pediocactus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19769[21].

Why It Matters

Pediocactus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2] Pediocactus has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Pediocactus is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Das große Kakteen-Lexikon. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'lt',
    Gnd id → 1034344048
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Navajoa, Neonavajoa
    Interlingual index id → i99551
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 11871217-n
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  3. 19w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Navajoa, Neonavajoa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12763]]: [[Q14975705]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Cacteae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxonomic type → Echinocactus simpsonii
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007554557505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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