Apium graveolens

species of edible plant; the vegetables celery, celeriac and leaf celery are modern cultivars
Taxon taxon Q28298
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Summary

Apium graveolens is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,483 views/month, #1,310 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Apium[5]
  • Taxon name: Apium graveolens[6]
  • Subclass of: herb[7], useful plant[8], perennial plant[9]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[10], vegetable[11], spice[12]
  • Commons category: Apium graveolens[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Apium graveolens[14]
  • Commons gallery: Apium graveolens[15]
  • Described at URL: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1412[16], http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_535[17]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[18]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[19], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[20], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 55(2)[21], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23]
  • Taxon synonym: Seseli graveolens[24]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300034[25]
  • This taxon is source of: celery[26], celery seed oil[27], celery seed[28], celery juice[29]
  • Short name: A. graveolens[30]
  • Taxon common name: Wild Celery[31], Sellerie[32], Apio[33], Cèleri[34], Selderij[35], Vild Selleri[36], 芹菜[37], céleri[38], 旱芹[39], 药芹[40], 旱菜[41], 旱芹(芹菜)[42], 旱芹 香芹菜、药芹、芹菜[43], 芹菜子[44]

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Identifiers

Apium graveolens's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4045[45]. Apium graveolens's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 579558[46]. Apium graveolens's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5371879[47]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 29592[48] and 182184[49].

Why It Matters

Apium graveolens has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

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Class ancestry

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  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → apium-graveolens
    Invasive to → Brazil
    Nomenclatural type of → Apium
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Holy League
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293074, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mesh descriptor id → D028525
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Mesh descriptor id: D028525, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/25740835|Apium graveolens (#25740835)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/669|MeSH Organisms]] #"
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