Alyssum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q161063
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Alyssum

Summary

Alyssum is a taxon[1]. Alyssum ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month, #1,271 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alyssum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alyssum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Alyssum is classified within Alysseae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Alyssum is Alyssum[6].
  • Alyssum's Commons category is recorded as Alyssum[7].
  • Alyssum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alyssum[8].
  • Alyssum's Commons gallery is recorded as Alyssum[9].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[13].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Q19133013[14].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Flora URSS[15].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16].
  • Alyssum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=476[17].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'madwort'}[18].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schildzaad'}[19].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '庭荠属'}[20].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '庭荠属'}[21].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'grobeljnik'}[22].
  • Alyssum's has list is recorded as Q3966204[23].
  • Alyssum's Montana Plant Life URL is recorded as http://montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/genus03.cgi?Brassicaceae_Alyssum[24].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Alyssum is Alyssum[6]. Alyssum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Alyssum belongs to the parent taxon Alysseae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'madwort'}[18], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schildzaad'}[19], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '庭荠属'}[20], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '庭荠属'}[21], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'grobeljnik'}[22].

Identifiers

Alyssum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 71958[25]. Alyssum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 169067[26]. Alyssum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39058[27]. Alyssum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3044728[28]. Alyssum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23029[29].

Why It Matters

Alyssum ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month, #1,271 of 195,241).[2] Alyssum has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Alyssum is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 6d ago · TadejM · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'madwort'}, {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schildzaad'}, {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '庭荠属'} +2
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Sitelink count → 46
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1843]]: grobeljnik"
  2. 7w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C9654
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C9654, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 8w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The oregon encyclopedia id → alyssum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7691]]: alyssum, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83140210|Alyssum (#83140210)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2968|The Oregon Encyclopedia]] "
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Alysseae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1888938, 1813256
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560791705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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