Borago

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q149122
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Borago

Summary

Borago is a taxon[1]. Borago ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month, #1,571 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borago's image is recorded as Borage-flower-hr.jpg[3].
  • Borago's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Borago's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Borago's parent taxon is recorded as Boragineae[6].
  • Borago's parent taxon is recorded as Boraginaceae[7].
  • Borago's taxon name is recorded as Borago[8].
  • Borago's Commons category is recorded as Borago[9].
  • Borago's taxonomic type is recorded as borage[10].
  • Borago's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D029683[11].
  • Borago's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/059j1_[12].
  • Borago's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.875.800.575.912.250.150.188[13].
  • Borago's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13362[14].
  • Borago's ITIS TSN is recorded as 31726[15].
  • Borago's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 70957[16].
  • Borago's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2926109[17].
  • Borago's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borago[18].
  • Borago's Tropicos ID is recorded as 40029446[19].
  • Borago's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 4480-1[20].
  • Borago's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21].
  • Borago's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[22].
  • Borago's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1581[23].
  • Borago's Flora of North America taxon ID is recorded as 104268[24].
  • Borago's VASCAN ID is recorded as 904[25].
  • Borago's USDA PLANTS ID is recorded as BORAG[26].
  • Borago's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'borage'}[27].

Why It Matters

Borago ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month, #1,571 of 195,241).[2] Borago has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Borago is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Familial classification of the Boraginales. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Database of Vascular Plants of Canada. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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