Medicago sativa

species of plant, alfalfa
Taxon taxon Q156106
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Medicago sativa

Summary

Medicago sativa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,453 views/month, #565 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Medicago sativa's image is recorded as Medicago sativa - harilik lutsern Keilas.jpg[3].
  • Medicago sativa's image is recorded as 75 Medicago sativa L.jpg[4].
  • Medicago sativa's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Medicago sativa's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • glowworm is named after Medicago sativa[7].
  • medicinal plant is named after Medicago sativa[8].
  • Medicago sativa's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[9].
  • Medicago sativa's parent taxon is recorded as Medicago[10].
  • Medicago sativa's taxon name is recorded as Medicago sativa[11].
  • Medicago sativa's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85003383[12].
  • Medicago sativa's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11932309w[13].
  • Medicago sativa's subclass of is recorded as useful plant[14].
  • Medicago sativa's subclass of is recorded as perennial plant[15].
  • Medicago sativa's has use is recorded as medicinal plant[16].
  • Medicago sativa's has use is recorded as fodder[17].
  • Medicago sativa's has use is recorded as food[18].
  • Medicago sativa's has use is recorded as nectar source[19].
  • Medicago sativa's has use is recorded as green manure[20].
  • Medicago sativa's Commons category is recorded as Medicago sativa[21].
  • Medicago sativa's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000455[22].
  • Medicago sativa's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 42508[23].
  • Medicago sativa's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 174725[24].
  • Medicago sativa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hhpg[25].
  • Medicago sativa's UNII is recorded as DJO934BRBD[26].
  • Medicago sativa's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.875.800.575.912.250.401.590.500[27].

Why It Matters

Medicago sativa ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,453 views/month, #565 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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