Saccharum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q17136949
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Saccharum

Summary

Saccharum is a taxon[1]. Saccharum ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Saccharum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Saccharum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Saccharum is classified within Saccharinae[5].
  • Saccharum's scientific name is Saccharum[6].
  • Saccharum is a type of reed[7].
  • Saccharum's Commons category is recorded as Saccharum[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Saccharum is Saccharum officinarum[9].
  • Saccharum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Saccharum[10].
  • Saccharum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(2)[11].
  • Saccharum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10630[12].
  • Saccharum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sugarcane'}[13].
  • Saccharum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '甘蔗属'}[14].
  • Saccharum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '甘蔗属'}[15].
  • Saccharum's different from is recorded as sugarcane[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Saccharum is Saccharum[6]. Saccharum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Saccharum belongs to the parent taxon Saccharinae[5]. The taxonomic type of Saccharum is Saccharum officinarum[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sugarcane'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '甘蔗属'}[14], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '甘蔗属'}[15].

Identifiers

Saccharum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72338[17]. Saccharum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4546[18]. Saccharum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108041[19]. Saccharum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2703910[20]. Saccharum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42054[21].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Saccharum include Massarah[22], a shiyakha[23], in Egypt[24].

Why It Matters

Saccharum ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2] Saccharum has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Saccharum is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for Saccharum include Massarah[22], a shiyakha[23], in Egypt[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(2). wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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