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Polylepis

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q311774
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Polylepis

Summary

Polylepis is a taxon[1]. Polylepis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month, #1,603 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Polylepis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Polylepis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Polylepis is classified within Rosoideae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Polylepis is Polylepis[6].
  • Polylepis's Commons category is recorded as Polylepis[7].
  • Polylepis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Polylepis[8].
  • Polylepis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9712[9].
  • Polylepis's homonymous taxon is recorded as Polylepis[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Polylepis is Polylepis[6]. Polylepis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Polylepis is classified within Rosoideae[5].

Identifiers

Polylepis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 184934[11]. Polylepis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 137449[12]. Polylepis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 29993[13]. Polylepis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3031034[14].

Why It Matters

Polylepis ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month, #1,603 of 195,241).[2] Polylepis has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Polylepis is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Polylepis
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Rosoideae
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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