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Brassica napus

plant species grown for its oil-rich seed
Taxon taxon Q177932
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Summary

Brassica napus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.071% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,793 views/month, #139 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Brassica[4]
  • Taxon name: Brassica napus[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6], oil plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Brassica napus[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brassica napus[10]
  • Commons gallery: Brassica napus[11]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=7661[17]
  • This taxon is source of: rapeseed oil[18], rapeseed seed[19]
  • Short name: B. napus[20]
  • Taxon common name: Raps[21], rape[22], Koolzaad[23], brukev řepka[24], navette[25], 欧洲油菜[26], colza[27], navadna ogršcica[28]
  • Different from: grape seed oil[29]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 75869[30] and 484796[31]. Brassica napus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3708[32]. Brassica napus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583918[33]. Brassica napus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3042636[34]. Brassica napus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23060[35].

Why It Matters

Brassica napus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gemet id → 6962
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh',
    Sitelink count → 94
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gemet id: 6962, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/152602431|rape (plant) (#152602431)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5959|GEMET ID]] #mix'n'mat"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4322
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4322, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eurovoc id → 6042
    Biblissima authority id → Jordanita rungsi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293011, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 13w ago · Samoasambia · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eurovoc id → 6042
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Eurovoc id: 6042, wrong linkage"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0267489-repka-seta, 0212187-repka-olejka
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0267489-repka-seta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
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