Basella alba

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q1130368
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Basella alba

Summary

Basella alba is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,964 views/month, #1,227 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Basella alba's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Basella alba is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Basella alba belongs to the parent taxon Basella[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Basella alba is Basella alba[6].
  • Basella alba is a type of useful plant[7].
  • Basella alba is used for medicinal plant[8].
  • Basella alba is used for vegetable[9].
  • Basella alba is used for food[10].
  • Basella alba's Commons category is recorded as Basella alba[11].
  • Basella alba's Commons gallery is recorded as Basella alba[12].
  • Basella alba's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[13].
  • Basella alba's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[14].
  • Basella alba's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 26[15].
  • Basella alba's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=6531[16].
  • Basella alba's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. alba'}[17].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ceylon spinach'}[18].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Malabarspinat'}[19].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malabar Spinach'}[20].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Espinaca China'}[21].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Espinaca de Malabar'}[22].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Malabarinpinaatti'}[23].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Épinard de Malabar'}[24].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Çin Ispanağı'}[25].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '落葵'}[26].
  • Basella alba is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '落葵'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Basella alba is Basella alba[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Basella[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ceylon spinach'}[18], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Malabarspinat'}[19], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malabar Spinach'}[20], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Espinaca China'}[21], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Espinaca de Malabar'}[22], and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Malabarinpinaatti'}[23].

Identifiers

Basella alba's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 159191[28]. Basella alba's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3589[29]. Basella alba's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 594519[30]. Basella alba's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3083504[31]. Basella alba's ITIS TSN is recorded as 192210[32].

Why It Matters

Basella alba ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,964 views/month, #1,227 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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