Cuscuta europea

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Taxon taxon Q1135944
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Cuscuta europea

Summary

Cuscuta europea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month, #1,619 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cuscuta europea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cuscuta europea is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Cuscuta europea belongs to the parent taxon Cuscuta[5].
  • Cuscuta europea's scientific name is Cuscuta europaea[6].
  • Cuscuta europea is a type of herbaceous plant[7].
  • Cuscuta europea is used for medicinal plant[8].
  • Cuscuta europea's Commons category is recorded as Cuscuta europaea[9].
  • Cuscuta europea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cuscuta europaea[10].
  • Cuscuta europea's Commons gallery is recorded as Cuscuta europaea[11].
  • Cuscuta europea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(1)[12].
  • Cuscuta europea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=409853[13].
  • Cuscuta europea's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. europaea'}[14].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Europäische Seide'}[15].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'greater dodder'}[16].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nessel-Seide'}[17].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Cuscute d'Europe"}[18].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Grande cuscute'}[19].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'Neslesnikjetråd'}[20].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Neslenyltetråd'}[21].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Повилика европейская'}[22].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Groot warkruid'}[23].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kokotice evropská'}[24].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'groot warkruid'}[25].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'grande cuscute'}[26].
  • Cuscuta europea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nesselseide'}[27].

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Classification

Cuscuta europea's scientific name is Cuscuta europaea[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Cuscuta[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Europäische Seide'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'greater dodder'}[16], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nessel-Seide'}[17], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Cuscute d'Europe"}[18], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Grande cuscute'}[19], and {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'Neslesnikjetråd'}[20].

Identifiers

Cuscuta europea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62337[28]. Cuscuta europea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41803[29]. Cuscuta europea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 580991[30]. Cuscuta europea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2927493[31]. Cuscuta europea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 30731[32].

Why It Matters

Cuscuta europea ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month, #1,619 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. 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. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: 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] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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