Isatis tinctoria

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q212547
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Isatis tinctoria

Summary

Isatis tinctoria is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,821 views/month, #901 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Isatis tinctoria's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Isatis tinctoria is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Isatis tinctoria is classified within Isatis[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Isatis tinctoria is Isatis tinctoria[6].
  • Isatis tinctoria is a type of biennial plant[7].
  • Isatis tinctoria is a type of dye plant[8].
  • Isatis tinctoria is used for medicinal plant[9].
  • Isatis tinctoria is used for dye[10].
  • Isatis tinctoria's Commons category is recorded as Isatis tinctoria[11].
  • Isatis tinctoria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Isatis tinctoria[12].
  • Isatis tinctoria's Commons gallery is recorded as Isatis tinctoria[13].
  • Isatis tinctoria's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[14].
  • Isatis tinctoria's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Isatis tinctoria's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[16].
  • Isatis tinctoria's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Isatis tinctoria's taxon synonym is recorded as Isatis indigotica[18].
  • Isatis tinctoria's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20462[19].
  • Isatis tinctoria's this taxon is source of is recorded as woad[20].
  • Isatis tinctoria's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'I. tinctoria'}[21].
  • Isatis tinctoria is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Färber-Waid'}[22].
  • Isatis tinctoria is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Dyer's woad"}[23].
  • Isatis tinctoria is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Wede'}[24].
  • Isatis tinctoria is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'boryt barvířský'}[25].
  • Isatis tinctoria is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'wede'}[26].
  • Isatis tinctoria is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'pastel'}[27].

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Classification

Isatis tinctoria's scientific name is Isatis tinctoria[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Isatis[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Färber-Waid'}[22], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Dyer's woad"}[23], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Wede'}[24], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'boryt barvířský'}[25], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'pastel'}[27], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'woad'}[28].

Identifiers

Isatis tinctoria's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 77509[29]. Isatis tinctoria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 161756[30]. Isatis tinctoria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583877[31]. Isatis tinctoria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5374118[32]. Isatis tinctoria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23151[33].

Why It Matters

Isatis tinctoria ranks in the top 0.46% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,821 views/month, #901 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [32] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. 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] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym Isatis indigotica
    Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33 +1
    Instance of taxon
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