Cinnamomum verum

species of flowering plant
Taxon taxon Q370239
Cinnamomum verum
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Summary

Cinnamomum verum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,781 views/month, #1,321 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Cinnamomum[5]
  • Taxon name: Cinnamomum verum[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8], afforestation[9], food[10], spice[11]
  • Commons category: Cinnamomum verum[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cinnamomum verum[13]
  • Commons gallery: Cinnamomum verum[14]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[15]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[16], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[21], Ботанический словарь[22], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23]
  • Taxon synonym: Cinnamomum zeylanicum[24]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=70183[25]
  • This taxon is source of: cinnamon[26], cinnamon bark extract[27], cinnamon oil[28], cinnamon bark[29], smell of cinnamon[30]
  • Short name: C. verum[31]
  • Taxon common name: cinnamon[32], 錫蘭肉桂[33], 锡兰肉桂[34], 贴骨散[35], 琉璃草[36], 铁箍散[37], 斯里兰卡肉桂[38], 锡兰肉桂、(斯里兰卡肉桂)[39], cejlonski cimetovec[40], இலவங்கப்பட்டை[41], கருவாப்பட்டை[42]
  • Has fruit type: berry[43]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[44]

Body

Identifiers

Cinnamomum verum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122777[45]. Cinnamomum verum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 128608[46]. Cinnamomum verum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 490672[47]. Cinnamomum verum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3033987[48]. Cinnamomum verum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 501529[49].

Why It Matters

Cinnamomum verum has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: 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. [46] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [49] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [47] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [48] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . Tamiḻnāṭṭu mūlikaikaḷ aṟiviyal āyvukaḷ Vol – 1. wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . Tamiḻnāṭṭu mūlikaikaḷ aṟiviyal āyvukaḷ Vol – 1. wikidata.org.
  45. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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