Leucothoe

genus of flowering plants
Taxon taxon Q1506945
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Summary

Leucothoe is a taxon[1]. Leucothoe ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (733 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Named after: Leucothoë[4]
  • Parent taxon: Ericaceae[5]
  • Taxon name: Leucothoe[6]
  • Commons category: Leucothoe[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Leucothoe[8]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(3)[9]
  • Taxon synonym: Cassandra[10], Cassiphone[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6796[12]
  • Taxon common name: doghobble[13], 木藜芦属[14]
  • Different from: war-flail[15]
  • Has fruit type: capsule[16]
  • Homonymous taxon: Leucothoe[17]

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Identifiers

Leucothoe's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 72216[18]. Leucothoe's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 49147[19]. Leucothoe's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47149292[20]. Leucothoe's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2882637[21]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 23547[22], 94198[23], and 23548[24].

Why It Matters

Leucothoe has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Leucothoe is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée.. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The Edinburgh new philosophical journal. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [14] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 57(3). wikidata.org.
  19. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [17] ↑ . 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. 23h ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 23547, 94198, 23548
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 23548, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 1d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 23547, 94198, 23548
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'ja', 'pl'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 94198, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  3. 17w ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Ericaceae
    Taxon synonym → Cassandra, Cassiphone
    Named after → Leucothoë
    Homonymous taxon → Leucothoe
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37019|batch #37019]]: add Reflora ID (P10701)"
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