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Argania spinosa

species of plant
Class type of: useful plant Q379746

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
useful plant[7]
Short name
A. spinosa[11]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9]
Endemic to
Morocco, Algeria[4][5]
Has basionym
Sideroxylon spinosum[8]
Intangible cultural heritage status
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[12]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[13]
Parent taxon
Argania[3]
Taxon name
Argania spinosa[6]
Taxon rank
species[2]
This taxon is source of
argan oil[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Argania spinosa en Argan ar الأرجان ar شجر الأركان ar شجرة الأركان ar أرجان ar أرقان ar أركان (شجرة) cs Argania spinosa cs Argánie trnitá de Arganbaum de Argania spinosa de Arganie el Argania es Argan es Argán es Conocimientos, técnicas y prácticas vinculadas al erguén es Elaeodendron argan es Tekelia spinosa es Verlangia argan
🔖 Identifiers · 36
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Argania spinosa.jpg ↗
African Plant Database ID
91779
Catalogue of Life ID
GG48
Described at URL
www.unesco.org, ich.unesco.org, ich.unesco.org, ich.unesco.org
EASIN ID
R01381
EPPO Code
ARJSI
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
argania-trnista, arganovnik-trnisty
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1153383
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/Morocco-ironwood
FloraVeg.EU taxon ID
Argania spinosa
Freebase ID
/m/09xyzq
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
5333832
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GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
argantre
INaturalist taxon ID
338586
IPNI plant ID
785772-1
IRMNG ID
10695780
J9U entity ID
987007551794705171
NALT ID
12062
NCBI taxonomy ID
85884
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1210690
Open Tree of Life ID
406558
PfaF ID
Argania spinosa
Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden)
286835
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-14735
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:785772-1
SERNEC taxon ID
51509
Tela Botanica ID
127019
Tropicos ID
28700869
UBio ID
5823520
UMLS CUI
C1037693
UNESCO ICH ID
RL/00955
UNII
83K6O4FR76
Vikidia article ID
fr:Arganier
WCSPF ID
14735
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000264280

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🔗 Connections
← Found in taxon 8
β-carotene, RRR-alpha-tocopherol, hyperoside, (+)-γ-tocopherol, quercitrin, beta-Tocopherol, Myricitrin, α-spinasterin
Endemic to 2
Algeria, Morocco
Has basionym 1
Sideroxylon spinosum
Instance of 1
taxon
Intangible cultural heritage status 1
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Named after 1
International Day of Argania
Subclass of 1
useful plant
Taxon rank 1
species
This taxon is source of 1
argan oil
← Basionym of 1
Sideroxylon spinosum
← Commemorates 1
International Day of Argania
← Natural product of taxon 1
argan oil
← Taxon synonym 1
Sideroxylon spinosum
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Summary

Argania spinosa is a taxon[1].

Body

Discovery and Description

Things named for Argania spinosa include International Day of Argania[14], a world day[15], founded in 2021[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include International Day of Argania[14], a world day[15], founded in 2021[16].

Related Entities

Algeria Morocco

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . High level of genetic differentiation for allelic richness among populations of the argan tree [Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels] endemic to Morocco. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Physicochemical Study and Composition of Argania spinosa Oil from Two Regions of Algeria. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/RL/argan-practices-and-, https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00955, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00955 +1
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