Cichorium intybus

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q2544599
Cichorium intybus
Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Cichorium intybus

Summary

Cichorium intybus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,274 views/month, #398 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cichorium intybus received the Vegetable of the year[3].
  • Cichorium intybus received the Flower of the Year Campaign in Germany[4].
  • Cichorium intybus received the medicinal plant of the year[5].
  • Cichorium intybus's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • Cichorium intybus is classified at the rank of species[7].
  • Cichorium intybus is classified within Cichorium[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cichorium intybus is Cichorium intybus[9].
  • Cichorium intybus is a type of useful plant[10].
  • Cichorium intybus is a type of perennial plant[11].
  • Cichorium intybus is used for coffee substitute[12].
  • Cichorium intybus is used for salad[13].
  • Cichorium intybus is used for root vegetable[14].
  • Cichorium intybus is used for leaf vegetable[15].
  • Cichorium intybus is used for food[16].
  • Cichorium intybus is used for medicinal plant[17].
  • Cichorium intybus's Commons category is recorded as Cichorium intybus[18].
  • Cichorium intybus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cichorium intybus[19].
  • Cichorium intybus's Commons gallery is recorded as Cichorium intybus[20].
  • Cichorium intybus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Cichorium intybus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 80(1)[22].
  • Cichorium intybus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • Cichorium intybus's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[24].
  • Cichorium intybus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[25].
  • Cichorium intybus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26].
  • Cichorium intybus's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[27].

Body

Classification

Cichorium intybus's scientific name is Cichorium intybus[9]. It is classified at the rank of species[7]. It is classified within Cichorium[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gewöhnliche Wegwarte'}[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'chicory'}[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '菊苣'}[30], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Wilde cichorei'}[31], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'čekanka obecná'}[32], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'chicorée sauvage'}[33].

Identifiers

Cichorium intybus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13427[34]. Cichorium intybus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 467862[35]. Cichorium intybus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5392252[36]. Cichorium intybus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 36763[37].

Why It Matters

Cichorium intybus ranks in the top 0.2% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,274 views/month, #398 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Cichorium intybus receive?

Honors received include Vegetable of the year[3], Flower of the Year Campaign in Germany[4], and medicinal plant of the year[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . nutzpflanzenvielfalt.de. Retrieved . nutzpflanzenvielfalt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . loki-schmidt-stiftung.de. Retrieved . loki-schmidt-stiftung.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . nhv-theophrastus.de. Retrieved . nhv-theophrastus.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 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] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Cichorium intybus. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/cichorium-intybus
MLA “Cichorium intybus.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/cichorium-intybus.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_cichorium-intybus_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Cichorium intybus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/cichorium-intybus}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Cichorium intybus — https://4ort.xyz/entity/cichorium-intybus (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/cichorium-intybus · Last refreshed:

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. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url
    Local thumb
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 80(1), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39624, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.