Xanthosoma

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q763075
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Xanthosoma

Summary

Xanthosoma is a taxon[1]. Xanthosoma ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (750 views/month, #1,468 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Xanthosoma's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Xanthosoma is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Xanthosoma is classified within Araceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Xanthosoma is Xanthosoma[6].
  • Xanthosoma's Commons category is recorded as Xanthosoma[7].
  • Xanthosoma's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Xanthosoma[8].
  • Xanthosoma's Commons gallery is recorded as Xanthosoma[9].
  • Xanthosoma's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Xanthosoma's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12943[11].
  • Xanthosoma is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "elephant's ear"}[12].
  • Xanthosoma is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '千年芋属'}[13].
  • Xanthosoma is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黄肉芋属'}[14].
  • Xanthosoma is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ksantosoma'}[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Xanthosoma is Xanthosoma[6]. Xanthosoma is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Xanthosoma is classified within Araceae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': "elephant's ear"}[12], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '千年芋属'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黄肉芋属'}[14], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ksantosoma'}[15].

Identifiers

Xanthosoma's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 141449[16]. Xanthosoma's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 15105[17]. Xanthosoma's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2872044[18]. Xanthosoma's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42581[19].

Why It Matters

Xanthosoma ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (750 views/month, #1,468 of 195,241).[2] Xanthosoma has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Xanthosoma is known by 5 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] . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . Lexicon of Plant Riches. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . 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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