Elatine

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q159082
Elatine
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Elatine

Summary

Elatine is a taxon[1]. Elatine ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elatine's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Elatine is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Elatine is classified within Elatinaceae[5].
  • Elatine's scientific name is Elatine[6].
  • Elatine's Commons category is recorded as Elatine[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Elatine is Elatine hydropiper[8].
  • Elatine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elatine[9].
  • Elatine's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 50(2)[10].
  • Elatine's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4157[11].
  • Elatine is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'waterwort'}[12].
  • Elatine is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Vesirikot'}[13].
  • Elatine is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Glaskroos'}[14].
  • Elatine is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '沟繁缕属'}[15].
  • Elatine is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '沟繁缕属'}[16].
  • Elatine's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Elatine is Elatine[6]. Elatine is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Elatine is classified within Elatinaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Elatine is Elatine hydropiper[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'waterwort'}[12], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Vesirikot'}[13], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Glaskroos'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '沟繁缕属'}[15], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '沟繁缕属'}[16].

Identifiers

Elatine's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52645[18]. Elatine's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 125026[19]. Elatine's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61897[20]. Elatine's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3189645[21]. Elatine's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21403[22].

Why It Matters

Elatine ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,624 of 195,241).[2] Elatine has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 50(2). wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Families and genera of Chinese angiosperms: a synoptic classification based on APG III. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · HsfBot · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Elatinaceae
    Taxon rank genus
    Taxonomic type Elatine hydropiper
    Topic's main category Category:Elatine
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Add Indonesian Wikipedia sitelink: [[id:Elatine]]"
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