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Polygonaceae

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Taxon taxon Q156117
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Polygonaceae

Summary

Polygonaceae is a taxon[1]. Polygonaceae ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (692 views/month, #1,417 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Polygonaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Polygonaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Polygonaceae belongs to the parent taxon Polygonales[5].
  • Polygonaceae belongs to the parent taxon Curvembryeae[6].
  • Polygonaceae belongs to the parent taxon Caryophyllales[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Polygonaceae is Polygonaceae[8].
  • Polygonaceae's Commons category is recorded as Polygonaceae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Polygonaceae is Polygonum[10].
  • Polygonaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polygonaceae[11].
  • Polygonaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Knotweed family[12].
  • Polygonaceae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • Polygonaceae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Polygonaceae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • Polygonaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(1)[16].
  • Polygonaceae's described by source is recorded as Flora URSS[17].
  • Polygonaceae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • Polygonaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=905[19].
  • Polygonaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بطباطية'}[20].
  • Polygonaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'centinodias'}[21].
  • Polygonaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Qırxbuğumkimilər'}[22].
  • Polygonaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Лападови'}[23].
  • Polygonaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Poligonàcia'}[24].
  • Polygonaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'rdesnovité'}[25].
  • Polygonaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'cv', 'text': 'Хура тулă йышĕ'}[26].
  • Polygonaceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Pileurt-familien'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Polygonaceae is Polygonaceae[8]. Polygonaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Polygonales[5], Curvembryeae[6], and Caryophyllales[7]. The taxonomic type of Polygonaceae is Polygonum[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بطباطية'}[20], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'centinodias'}[21], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Qırxbuğumkimilər'}[22], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Лападови'}[23], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Poligonàcia'}[24], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'rdesnovité'}[25].

Identifiers

Polygonaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3615[28]. Polygonaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4364[29]. Polygonaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2416[30]. Polygonaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20842[31].

Why It Matters

Polygonaceae ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (692 views/month, #1,417 of 195,241).[2] Polygonaceae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Polygonaceae is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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] ↑ . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. 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. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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