Convallaria majalis

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q101711
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Summary

Convallaria majalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.0082% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,152 views/month, #16 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Poisonous Plant of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Convallaria[5]
  • Taxon name: Convallaria majalis[6]
  • Subclass of: herbaceous plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Convallaria majalis[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Convallaria majalis[10]
  • Commons gallery: Convallaria majalis[11]
  • Location of creation: Pays de la Loire[12]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 15[13], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=11280[16]
  • This taxon is source of: lily-of-the-valley scent[17], lily-of-the-valley flower[18]
  • Short name: C. majalis[19]
  • Taxon common name: Lily-of-the-valley[20], Maiglöckchen[21], كونفالاريا أيار[22], İnci çiçəyi[23], Keysk inciçiçəyi[24], Yapon inciçiçəyi[25], Ынйы сәскә[26], Ландыш звычайны[27], Ландыш майскі[28], Ландыш[29], Момина сълза[30], Louzaouenn-an-hañv[31], Lliri de maig[32], Muguet[33]

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Identifiers

Convallaria majalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 32189[34]. Convallaria majalis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1087078[35]. Convallaria majalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7459480[36]. Convallaria majalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42909[37].

Why It Matters

Convallaria majalis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 149 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Convallaria majalis receive?

Honors received include Poisonous Plant of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . francebleu.fr. Retrieved . francebleu.fr. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . 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.

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  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C3521
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    Interlingual index id → i102505
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  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293216
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  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Parent taxon → Convallaria
    Topic's main category → Category:Convallaria majalis
    This taxon is source of → lily-of-the-valley scent, lily-of-the-valley flower
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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