Costus afer

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q15324975
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Costus afer

Summary

Costus afer is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Costus afer's image is recorded as Costus afer (Flower) 2.jpg[3].
  • Costus afer's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Costus afer's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Costus afer's parent taxon is recorded as Costus[6].
  • Costus afer's taxon name is recorded as Costus afer[7].
  • Costus afer's has use is recorded as medicinal plant[8].
  • Costus afer's Commons category is recorded as Costus afer[9].
  • Costus afer's UNII is recorded as 568PDH396K[10].
  • Costus afer's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 328752[11].
  • Costus afer's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1122531[12].
  • Costus afer's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 572448[13].
  • Costus afer's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2756876[14].
  • Costus afer's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Costus afer[15].
  • Costus afer's Commons gallery is recorded as Costus afer[16].
  • Costus afer's Tropicos ID is recorded as 34500381[17].
  • Costus afer's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 796260-1[18].
  • Costus afer's Plant List ID is recorded as kew-234553[19].
  • Costus afer's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[20].
  • Costus afer's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[21].
  • Costus afer's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=11685[22].
  • Costus afer's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. afer'}[23].
  • Costus afer's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '非洲闭鞘姜'}[24].
  • Costus afer's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '戴氏闭鞘姜'}[25].
  • Costus afer's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '猴蔗西闭鞘姜'}[26].
  • Costus afer's African Plant Database ID is recorded as 31900[27].

Why It Matters

Costus afer ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . The Plant List 1.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . African Plant Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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