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Posidonia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q877147
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Posidonia

Summary

Posidonia is a taxon[1]. Posidonia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (382 views/month, #1,582 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Posidonia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Posidonia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Poseidon is named after Posidonia[5].
  • Posidonia is classified within Posidoniaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Posidonia is Posidonia[7].
  • Posidonia's Commons category is recorded as Posidonia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Posidonia is Posidonia caulinii[9].
  • Posidonia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Posidonia[10].
  • Posidonia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 8[11].
  • Posidonia's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=42749[12].
  • Posidonia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=9787[13].
  • Posidonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'posidonia'}[14].
  • Posidonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '波喜荡属'}[15].
  • Posidonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海神草属'}[16].
  • Posidonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '波喜荡属'}[17].
  • Posidonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pozejdonovka'}[18].
  • Posidonia's different from is recorded as Posidonia[19].
  • Posidonia's has fruit type is recorded as drupe[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Posidonia is Posidonia[7]. Posidonia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Posidonia belongs to the parent taxon Posidoniaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Posidonia is Posidonia caulinii[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'posidonia'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '波喜荡属'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海神草属'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '波喜荡属'}[17], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'pozejdonovka'}[18].

Discovery and Description

Poseidon is named after Posidonia[5].

Identifiers

Posidonia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 118944[21]. Posidonia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55487[22]. Posidonia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 101673[23]. Posidonia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2864082[24]. Posidonia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 39059[25].

Why It Matters

Posidonia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (382 views/month, #1,582 of 195,241).[2] Posidonia has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Posidonia is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . AlgaeBase. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 8. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → drupe
    Taxonomic type → Posidonia caulinii
    Parent taxon → Posidoniaceae
    Instance of → taxon
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532279605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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