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Hedera helix

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q26354
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Summary

Hedera helix is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,701 views/month, #866 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Medicinal plant of the year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Hedera[5]
  • Taxon name: Hedera helix[6]
  • Subclass of: Q65950322[7], useful plant[8]
  • Commons category: Hedera helix[9]
  • Has part(s): Q65966192[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hedera helix[11]
  • Has facility: flooding resistance[12]
  • Commons gallery: Hedera helix[13]
  • Described by source: Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[14], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300252[16]
  • This taxon is source of: ivy leaf[17]
  • Short name: H. helix[18]
  • Taxon common name: Gewöhnlicher Efeu[19], Common Ivy[20], 常春藤[21], Klimop[22], břečťan popínavý[23], lierre[24], ivy[25], Efeu[26], 洋常春藤[27], English Ivy[28], hedrera[29], hedra[30], yedra[31], navadni bršljan[32]
  • Uses: aerial root[33]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Efoi[34]
  • Habitat: tree[35], cliff[36], lowland[37], wall[38]

Body

Identifiers

Hedera helix's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55882[39]. Hedera helix's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4052[40]. Hedera helix's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1143004[41]. Hedera helix's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8351737[42]. Hedera helix's ITIS TSN is recorded as 29393[43].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Hedera helix include Huntza[44], a musical ensemble[45].

Why It Matters

Hedera helix has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for it include Huntza[44], a musical ensemble[45].

FAQs

What awards did Hedera helix receive?

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

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 26d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → hedera-helix
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Invasive to → Brazil
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 11819447-n
    Interlingual index id → i99302
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q292919, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Hedera helix
    Instance of → —
    Uses → aerial root
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: english-ivy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289926594|english ivy (#289926594)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
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