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Ricinus

taxon, (De Geer, 1778) genus of ricinidae
Taxon taxon Q22669020
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Summary

Ricinus is a taxon[1]. Ricinus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Ricinidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Ricinus[5]
  • Commons category: Ricinus (Phthiraptera)[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ricinus (Phthiraptera)[7]
  • Taxon author citation: De Geer, 1778[8]
  • Homonymous taxon: Ricinus[9]

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Identifiers

Ricinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 907186[10]. Ricinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 160061[11]. Ricinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3259854[12].

Why It Matters

Ricinus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11ckkxnrkr
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    Parent taxon → Ricinidae
    Taxon rank → genus
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