Aronia melanocarpa

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q162774
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Summary

Aronia melanocarpa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,102 views/month, #1,410 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Aronia[4]
  • Taxon name: Aronia melanocarpa[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: fruit[7]
  • Commons category: Aronia melanocarpa[8]
  • Has basionym: Mespilus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aronia melanocarpa[10]
  • Commons gallery: Aronia melanocarpa[11]
  • Taxon synonym: Sorbus melanocarpa[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=4247[13]
  • This taxon is source of: black chokeberry[14]
  • Short name: A. melanocarpa[15]
  • Taxon common name: llwyn aeron tagu du[16], temnoplodec černoplodý[17], musta-aronia[18], 黑涩楠[19], 黑苦味果[20], Black Chokeberry[21], črnoplodna aronija[22]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Taxon author citation: Michx. Elliott[25]
  • Hardiness of plant: 3[26]

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Identifiers

Aronia melanocarpa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 128798[27]. Aronia melanocarpa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 661339[28]. Aronia melanocarpa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 300955[29]. Aronia melanocarpa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5363627[30]. Aronia melanocarpa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 25127[31].

Why It Matters

Aronia melanocarpa has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 39 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Plant Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . botanicni-vrt.si. Retrieved . botanicni-vrt.si. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . gardenia.net. gardenia.net. Provenance: 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. 15w ago · Oscgramcam · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Sorbus melanocarpa
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → svartsurbær
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: svartsurbær"
  2. 17w ago · Shizhao · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Sorbus melanocarpa
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Taxon synonym: Aronia nigra, Moving from Aronia mitschurinii"
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