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Xanthium

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Xanthium
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Xanthium

Summary

Xanthium is a taxon[1]. Xanthium ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month, #1,439 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Xanthium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Xanthium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Xanthium is classified within Heliantheae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Xanthium is Xanthium[6].
  • Xanthium's Commons category is recorded as Xanthium[7].
  • Xanthium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Xanthium[8].
  • Xanthium's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • Xanthium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 75[10].
  • Xanthium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12931[11].
  • Xanthium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cocklebur'}[12].
  • Xanthium is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Stekelnoot'}[13].
  • Xanthium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '苍耳属'}[14].
  • Xanthium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '苍耳属'}[15].
  • Xanthium is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Pıtraq'}[16].
  • Xanthium's has fruit type is recorded as achene[17].
  • Xanthium's PAEnflowered taxon URL is recorded as https://www.paenflowered.org/apgii/asterales/asteraceae/xanthium[18].
  • Xanthium's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL is recorded as https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Xanthium[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Xanthium is Xanthium[6]. Xanthium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Xanthium belongs to the parent taxon Heliantheae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'cocklebur'}[12], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Stekelnoot'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '苍耳属'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '苍耳属'}[15], and {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Pıtraq'}[16].

Identifiers

Xanthium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57921[20]. Xanthium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36590[21]. Xanthium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38875[22]. Xanthium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3089139[23]. Xanthium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 38690[24].

Why It Matters

Xanthium ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (285 views/month, #1,439 of 195,241).[2] Xanthium has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Xanthium is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 75. 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. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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