Alternanthera bettzickiana

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q2840378
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Summary

Alternanthera bettzickiana is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Alternanthera[4]
  • Taxon name: Alternanthera bettzickiana[5]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[6]
  • Commons category: Alternanthera bettzickiana[7]
  • Has basionym: Telanthera bettzickiana[8]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[9]
  • Taxon synonym: Alternanthera ficoidea var. bettzickiana[10], Alternanthera tenella var. bettzickiana[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=105429[12]
  • Short name: A. bettzickiana[13]
  • Taxon common name: 毛蓮子草[14], 锦绣苋[15], 五色草[16], 红草[17], 红节节草[18], 红莲子草[19], 毛莲子草[20], 红绿草[21], 空心苋[22]
  • Invasive to: People's Republic of China[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Taxon range: People's Republic of China[25], Guangdong[26]

Body

Identifiers

Alternanthera bettzickiana's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 278802[27]. Alternanthera bettzickiana's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1591070[28]. Alternanthera bettzickiana's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3673270[29]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 822839[30] and 822863[31].

Why It Matters

Alternanthera bettzickiana has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . The categorization and analysis on the geographic distribution patterns of Chinese alien invasive plants. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21h ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 822839, 822863
    Invasive to → People's Republic of China
    Has use → medicinal plant
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