ginger

plant species
Taxon taxon Q35625
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Ginger has received the Awards medicinal plant of the year[1][2] and Medicinal plant of the year[1][2].

ginger

Summary

ginger is a taxon[1]. ginger ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,780 views/month, #443 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • ginger received the medicinal plant of the year[3].
  • ginger received the Medicinal plant of the year[4].
  • ginger's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • ginger is classified at the rank of species[6].
  • ginger's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Data Deficient[7].
  • ginger is classified within Zingiber[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, ginger is Zingiber officinale[9].
  • ginger is a type of useful plant[10].
  • ginger is a type of Zingiber[11].
  • ginger is used for medicinal plant[12].
  • ginger is used for spice[13].
  • ginger is used for vegetable[14].
  • ginger's Commons category is recorded as Zingiber officinale[15].
  • ginger's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ginger[16].
  • ginger's Commons gallery is recorded as Zingiber officinale[17].
  • ginger's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[18].
  • ginger's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[19].
  • ginger's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[20].
  • ginger's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[21].
  • ginger's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[22].
  • ginger's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[23].
  • ginger's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(2)[24].
  • ginger's described by source is recorded as Q19133013[25].
  • ginger's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • ginger's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, ginger is Zingiber officinale[9]. ginger is classified at the rank of species[6]. ginger belongs to the parent taxon Zingiber[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'garden ginger'}[28], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '薑'}[29], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cooking Ginger'}[30], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '姜'}[31], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '姜'}[32], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '干姜'}[33].

Identifiers

ginger's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 94328[34]. ginger's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 987032[35]. ginger's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2757280[36]. ginger's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42402[37].

Why It Matters

ginger ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,780 views/month, #443 of 195,241).[2] ginger has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] ginger is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did ginger receive?

Honors received include medicinal plant of the year[3] and Medicinal plant of the year[4].

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  11. [13] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
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  14. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  30. [28] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . The Garden.org Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). agrovoc.fao.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. agrovoc.fao.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. 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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