Sechium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q139044
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Sechium

Summary

Sechium is a taxon[1]. Sechium ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sechium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sechium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sechium belongs to the parent taxon Sicyoeae[5].
  • Sechium's scientific name is Sechium[6].
  • Sechium's Commons category is recorded as Sechium[7].
  • Sechium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sechium[8].
  • Sechium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)[9].
  • Sechium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=11026[10].
  • Sechium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sechium'}[11].
  • Sechium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '佛手瓜属'}[12].
  • Sechium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '佛手瓜属'}[13].
  • Sechium's taxon synonym of is recorded as Sicyos[14].

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Classification

Sechium's scientific name is Sechium[6]. Sechium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sechium is classified within Sicyoeae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sechium'}[11], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '佛手瓜属'}[12], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '佛手瓜属'}[13].

Identifiers

Sechium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 125148[15]. Sechium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 184139[16]. Sechium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71334[17]. Sechium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874611[18]. Sechium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22440[19].

Why It Matters

Sechium ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2] Sechium has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Sechium is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1). wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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