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Ailanthus altissima

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q159570
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Summary

Ailanthus altissima is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,056 views/month, #379 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: macrophanerophytes[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Ailanthus[5]
  • Endemic to: Taiwan Island[6]
  • Taxon name: Ailanthus altissima[7]
  • Has use: wood[8], food[9], fodder[10], medicinal plant[11]
  • Commons category: Ailanthus altissima[12]
  • Has basionym: Toxicodendron altissimum[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ailanthus altissima[14]
  • Commons gallery: Ailanthus altissima[15]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3)[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2072[18]
  • This taxon is source of: ailanthus wood[19]
  • Short name: A. altissima[20]
  • Taxon common name: Drüsiger Götterbaum[21], Tree of Heaven[22], أيلنط باسق[23], Uca aylant[24], Himmésbaam[25], Айлант[26], Ailant[27], pajasan žláznatý[28], Skyrækker[29], Götterbaum[30], Tree-of-heaven[31], Ailanto[32], Haisujumaltenpuu[33], jumaltenpuu[34]

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Identifiers

Ailanthus altissima's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2768810[35]. Ailanthus altissima's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5614169[36]. Ailanthus altissima's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3190653[37]. Ailanthus altissima's ITIS TSN is recorded as 28827[38].

Why It Matters

Ailanthus altissima has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Beijing France Oregon People's Republic of China Tianjin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species cataloging of vascular plants in Ningxia, northwestern China. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Australian Plant Name Index. wikidata.org.
  12. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [38] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [36] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Washington Academy. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i103679
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  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Beijing, People's Republic of China, Tianjin +3
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Ncbi taxonomy id → 2768810
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