Taraxacum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q30024
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Taraxacum

Summary

Taraxacum is a taxon[1]. Taraxacum ranks in the top 0.072% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,143 views/month, #140 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taraxacum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Taraxacum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Taraxacum belongs to the parent taxon Cichorieae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Taraxacum is Taraxacum[6].
  • Taraxacum's Commons category is recorded as Taraxacum[7].
  • Taraxacum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taraxacum[8].
  • Taraxacum's Commons gallery is recorded as Taraxacum[9].
  • Taraxacum's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Taraxacum's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11].
  • Taraxacum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Taraxacum's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Taraxacum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 80(2)[14].
  • Taraxacum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Taraxacum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=11886[16].
  • Taraxacum's this taxon is source of is recorded as rubber[17].
  • Taraxacum's this taxon is source of is recorded as plant sap[18].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dandelion'}[19].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'pampeliška'}[20].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'smetánka'}[21].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'leontodo'}[22].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'pissenlit'}[23].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'dent-de-lion'}[24].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Löwenzahn'}[25].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'סביון'}[26].
  • Taraxacum is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'タンポポ'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Taraxacum is Taraxacum[6]. Taraxacum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Taraxacum belongs to the parent taxon Cichorieae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'dandelion'}[19], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'pampeliška'}[20], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'smetánka'}[21], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'leontodo'}[22], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'pissenlit'}[23], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'dent-de-lion'}[24].

Identifiers

Taraxacum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 49743[28]. Taraxacum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 49106[29]. Taraxacum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8322495[30]. Taraxacum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 36199[31].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Taraxacum include Typhoon Mindulle[32].

Why It Matters

Taraxacum ranks in the top 0.072% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,143 views/month, #140 of 195,241).[2] Taraxacum has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Taraxacum is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for Taraxacum include Typhoon Mindulle[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Primitiae Florae Holsaticae. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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