Isatis tinctoria

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q212547
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Summary

Isatis tinctoria is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.46% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,582 views/month, #901 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Isatis[4]
  • Taxon name: Isatis tinctoria[5]
  • Subclass of: biennial plant[6], dye plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8], dye[9]
  • Commons category: Isatis tinctoria[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Isatis tinctoria[11]
  • Commons gallery: Isatis tinctoria[12]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
  • Taxon synonym: Isatis indigotica[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20462[18]
  • This taxon is source of: woad[19]
  • Short name: I. tinctoria[20]
  • Taxon common name: Färber-Waid[21], Dyer's woad[22], Wede[23], boryt barvířský[24], pastel[25], woad[26], Färberwaid[27], värimorsinko[28], 菘蓝[29], 欧洲菘蓝[30], 大青叶[31], 青黛[32], 板蓝根[33], 欧洲菘蓝*(@蓝、草大青)[34]
  • Has fruit type: silicle[35]

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Identifiers

Isatis tinctoria's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 77509[36]. Isatis tinctoria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 161756[37]. Isatis tinctoria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583877[38]. Isatis tinctoria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5374118[39]. Isatis tinctoria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23151[40].

Why It Matters

Isatis tinctoria has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [37] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [40] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. 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] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  37. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293464
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  2. 21w 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
    Aliases → —
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