Alisma

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q157350
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Alisma

Summary

Alisma is a taxon[1]. Alisma ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month, #1,591 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alisma's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alisma is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Alisma is classified within Alismataceae[5].
  • Alisma's scientific name is Alisma[6].
  • Alisma's Commons category is recorded as Alisma[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Alisma is Alisma plantago-aquatica[8].
  • Alisma's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alisma[9].
  • Alisma's Commons gallery is recorded as Alisma[10].
  • Alisma's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Alisma's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • Alisma's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 8[13].
  • Alisma's described by source is recorded as Q19133013[14].
  • Alisma's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=386[15].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'water plantain'}[16].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مزمار الراعي'}[17].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Baqəvər'}[18].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Шальнік'}[19].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'žabník'}[20].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Skeblad'}[21].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Froschlöffel'}[22].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Alismo'}[23].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Konnarohi'}[24].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Sarpiot'}[25].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'hsb', 'text': 'Žabnik'}[26].
  • Alisma is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'サジオモダカ属'}[27].

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Classification

Alisma's scientific name is Alisma[6]. Alisma is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Alisma belongs to the parent taxon Alismataceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Alisma is Alisma plantago-aquatica[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'water plantain'}[16], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مزمار الراعي'}[17], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Baqəvər'}[18], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Шальнік'}[19], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'žabník'}[20], and {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Skeblad'}[21].

Identifiers

Alisma's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 60254[28]. Alisma's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 14999[29]. Alisma's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 29143[30]. Alisma's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2865099[31]. Alisma's ITIS TSN is recorded as 38891[32].

Why It Matters

Alisma ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (134 views/month, #1,591 of 195,241).[2] Alisma has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Alisma is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Taxonomic type Alisma plantago-aquatica
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 8 +1
    Topic's main category Category:Alisma
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007530067605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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