Colocasia esculenta

Summary

Colocasia esculenta is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.075% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,561 views/month, #147 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Colocasia esculenta's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Colocasia esculenta is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Colocasia esculenta's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• Colocasia esculenta belongs to the parent taxon Colocasia^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Colocasia esculenta is Colocasia esculenta^[7].
• Colocasia esculenta is a type of useful plant^[8].
• Colocasia esculenta is a type of designated vegetable^[9].
• Colocasia esculenta is used for medicinal plant^[10].
• Colocasia esculenta is used for fodder^[11].
• Colocasia esculenta is used for vegetable^[12].
• Colocasia esculenta is used for root vegetable^[13].
• Colocasia esculenta is used for useful plant^[14].
• Colocasia esculenta's Commons category is recorded as Colocasia esculenta^[15].
• Colocasia esculenta's has basionym is recorded as Arum esculentum^[16].
• Colocasia esculenta's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taros^[17].
• Colocasia esculenta's Commons gallery is recorded as Colocasia esculenta^[18].
• Colocasia esculenta's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4^[19].
• Colocasia esculenta's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[20].
• Colocasia esculenta's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao^[21].
• Colocasia esculenta's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(2)^[22].
• Colocasia esculenta's described by source is recorded as Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands^[23].
• Colocasia esculenta's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Colocasia esculenta's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=11177^[25].
• Colocasia esculenta's this taxon is source of is recorded as Q1771944^[26].
• Colocasia esculenta's this taxon is source of is recorded as taro leaf^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Colocasia esculenta is Colocasia esculenta^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Colocasia^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'coco yam'}^[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wild Taro'}^[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '芋'}^[30], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'サトイモ'}^[31], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '芋'}^[32], and {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '芋头'}^[33].

Identifiers

Colocasia esculenta's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4460^[34]. Colocasia esculenta's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1091931^[35]. Colocasia esculenta's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5330776^[36]. Colocasia esculenta's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42549^[37].

Why It Matters

Colocasia esculenta ranks in the top 0.075% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,561 views/month, #147 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]