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Commelina, an Uncommon card
Commelina is a genus of approximately 208 species commonly called dayflowers due to the short lives of their flowers, and less often known as widow's tears.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 30
- Power
- 82
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 82 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Commelina quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Commelina card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is by far the largest genus of its family, ______.
Answer
Commelinaceae. It is by far the largest genus of its family, Commelinaceae. From the Commelina article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Hydrophiinae. Hydrophiinae 51,000 · Amanohashidate 27,000 · Commelina 16,000 · Berkner Island 12,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is by far the largest genus of its family, Commelinaceae.
- The Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus of the 18th century named the genus after the two Dutch botanists Jan Commelijn and his nephew Caspar, each representing one of the showy petals of Commelina communis.
- The dayflowers are herbs that may be either perennial or annual.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Commelina article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 30: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Commelina
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Commelina (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
