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Thalassia

genus of plants in the family Hydrocharitaceae
Taxon taxon Q596300
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Thalassia

Summary

Thalassia is a taxon[1]. Thalassia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thalassia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Thalassia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Thalassa is named after Thalassia[5].
  • Thalassia is classified within Hydrilloideae[6].
  • Thalassia's scientific name is Thalassia[7].
  • Thalassia's Commons category is recorded as Thalassia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Thalassia is Thalassia testudinum[9].
  • Thalassia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thalassia[10].
  • Thalassia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 8[11].
  • Thalassia's AlgaeBase URL is recorded as https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43004[12].
  • Thalassia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12025[13].
  • Thalassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'thalassia'}[14].
  • Thalassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '泰来藻属'}[15].
  • Thalassia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '泰来藻属'}[16].

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Classification

Thalassia's scientific name is Thalassia[7]. Thalassia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Thalassia is classified within Hydrilloideae[6]. The taxonomic type of Thalassia is Thalassia testudinum[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'thalassia'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '泰来藻属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '泰来藻属'}[16].

Discovery and Description

Thalassa is named after Thalassia[5]. Things named for Thalassia include Thalassodendron[17], a taxon[18].

Identifiers

Thalassia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 50383[19]. Thalassia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55495[20]. Thalassia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 35153[21]. Thalassia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2864083[22]. Thalassia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 38953[23].

Why It Matters

Thalassia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2] Thalassia has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Entities named for Thalassia include Thalassodendron[17], a taxon[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved . bibdigital.rjb.csic.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] ↑ . 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. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . 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. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Thalassia testudinum
    Parent taxon → Hydrilloideae
    Instance of → taxon
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    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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