Cleyera japonica

species of tree native to warm areas of Japan, Korea and mainland China
Taxon taxon Q775470
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Cleyera japonica

Summary

Cleyera japonica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month, #1,535 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cleyera japonica's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cleyera japonica is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Cleyera japonica is classified within Cleyera[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Cleyera japonica is Cleyera japonica[6].
  • Cleyera japonica is used for medicinal plant[7].
  • Cleyera japonica's Commons category is recorded as Cleyera japonica[8].
  • Cleyera japonica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cleyera japonica[9].
  • Cleyera japonica's Commons gallery is recorded as Cleyera japonica[10].
  • Cleyera japonica's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 50(1)[11].
  • Cleyera japonica's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=10908[12].
  • Cleyera japonica's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. japonica'}[13].
  • Cleyera japonica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sakaki'}[14].
  • Cleyera japonica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紅淡比'}[15].
  • Cleyera japonica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '红淡比'}[16].
  • Cleyera japonica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '杨桐'}[17].
  • Cleyera japonica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红淡比'}[18].
  • Cleyera japonica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山柳'}[19].
  • Cleyera japonica's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[20].
  • Cleyera japonica's taxon author citation is recorded as Thunb.[21].
  • Cleyera japonica's taxon range is recorded as People's Republic of China[22].
  • Cleyera japonica's taxon range is recorded as Guangdong[23].
  • Cleyera japonica's taxon range is recorded as Zhoushan Archipelago[24].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cleyera japonica is Cleyera japonica[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Cleyera[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sakaki'}[14], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紅淡比'}[15], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '红淡比'}[16], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '杨桐'}[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红淡比'}[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山柳'}[19].

Identifiers

Cleyera japonica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 160749[25]. Cleyera japonica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 182333[26]. Cleyera japonica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 590678[27]. Cleyera japonica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3189627[28]. Cleyera japonica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 508063[29].

Why It Matters

Cleyera japonica ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month, #1,535 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . A checklist of wild vascular plants in Jiangxi Province, China. wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . Island area and climate jointly impact seed plant richness patterns across the Zhoushan Archipelago. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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