Acalypha indica

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q3339634
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Summary

Acalypha indica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,675 views/month, #1,543 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Acalypha[4]
  • Taxon name: Acalypha indica[5]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[6]
  • Commons category: Acalypha indica[7]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[8]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(2)[9]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=400002[10]
  • Short name: A. indica[11]
  • Taxon common name: 热带铁苋菜[12]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[13]
  • Taxon range: Guangdong[14], Myanmar[15]

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Identifiers

Acalypha indica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 157894[16]. Acalypha indica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 478095[17]. Acalypha indica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1145503[18]. Acalypha indica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3056259[19]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 28185[20] and 845522[21].

Why It Matters

Acalypha indica has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [14] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  19. [15] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 28185, 845522
    Sitelink count → 31
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'az', 'bn', 'ceb', 'commons', 'dv', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'gor',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 845522, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 14w ago · ~2026-37038-25 · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Acalypha
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(2)
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: Acalypha_indica"
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