Elymus repens

species of grass
Taxon taxon Q276262
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Summary

Elymus repens is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,850 views/month, #1,381 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Elymus[4]
  • Taxon name: Elymus repens[5]
  • Commons category: Elymus repens[6]
  • Has basionym: Triticum repens[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Elymus repens[8]
  • Commons gallery: Elymus repens[9]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102069[12]
  • Short name: E. repens[13]
  • Taxon common name: Gewöhnliche Quecke[14], quackgrass[15], niittyjuola[16], 偃麦草[17], plazeča pirnica[18]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[19]

Body

Identifiers

Elymus repens's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 60284[20]. Elymus repens's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52152[21]. Elymus repens's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1115777[22]. Elymus repens's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5290299[23]. Elymus repens's ITIS TSN is recorded as 512839[24].

Why It Matters

Elymus repens has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C6492
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C6492, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Elymus
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 3797, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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