Brassica juncea

species of mustard plant
Taxon taxon Q504781
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Summary

Brassica juncea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,342 views/month, #1,089 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Brassica[4]
  • Taxon name: Brassica juncea[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: fodder[7], medicinal plant[8], spice[9], vegetable[10]
  • Commons category: Brassica juncea[11]
  • Has basionym: Sinapis juncea[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brassica juncea[13]
  • Commons gallery: Brassica juncea[14]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=7654[16]
  • This taxon is source of: mustard seed[17], mustard greens[18], Chinese mustard seed oil[19]
  • Short name: B. juncea[20]
  • Taxon common name: Ruten-Kohl[21], India mustard[22], Sareptamosterd[23], brukev sítinovitá[24], sareptansinappi[25], Chinese mustard[26], Indian mustard[27], brown mustard[28], leaf mustard[29], 芥菜[30], 芥[31], 菘菜子[32], 芥子[33], 芥菜(芥、苦菜)[34]
  • Has fruit type: silique[35]

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Identifiers

Brassica juncea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 64241[36]. Brassica juncea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3707[37]. Brassica juncea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583919[38]. Brassica juncea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3042751[39]. Brassica juncea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23059[40].

Why It Matters

Brassica juncea has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

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] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [37] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [40] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [38] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [39] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Washington Flora Checklist. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Washington Flora Checklist. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Washington Flora Checklist. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Washington Flora Checklist. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  37. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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