Cicuta virosa

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q27609
Cicuta virosa
Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Cicuta virosa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,313 views/month, #1,541 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Cicuta[5]
  • Taxon name: Cicuta virosa[6]
  • Subclass of: herbaceous plant[7], medicinal plant[8]
  • Has use: insecticide[9]
  • Commons category: Cicuta virosa[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cicuta virosa[11]
  • Commons gallery: Cicuta virosa[12]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 55(2)[13], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=404335[16]
  • Short name: C. virosa[17]
  • Taxon common name: Gift-Wasserschierling[18], Mackenzie's water hemlock[19], European Waterhemlock[20], Waterscheerling[21], rozpuk jízlivý[22], ciguë vireuse[23], cowbane[24], Wasserschierling[25], myrkkykeiso[26], 毒芹[27], 毒芹根[28], velika trobelika[29]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[30]
  • Has fruit type: achene[31]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: vulnerable[32]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[33]

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Identifiers

Cicuta virosa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 160575[34]. Cicuta virosa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 48109[35]. Cicuta virosa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 596818[36]. Cicuta virosa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5371864[37]. Cicuta virosa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 182155[38].

Why It Matters

Cicuta virosa has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species cataloging of vascular plants in Ningxia, northwestern 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [38] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [36] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . 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] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs'
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  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → insecticide
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  3. 12w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → herbaceous plant, medicinal plant
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  4. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Critically Endangered
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    Has fruit type → achene
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