Lolium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q158509
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Lolium

Summary

Lolium is a taxon[1]. Lolium ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (368 views/month, #1,477 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lolium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lolium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Lolium belongs to the parent taxon Loliinae[5].
  • Lolium's scientific name is Lolium[6].
  • Lolium's Commons category is recorded as Lolium[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Lolium is Lolium perenne[8].
  • Lolium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lolium[9].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)[16].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[17].
  • Lolium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia Tatarica[18].
  • Lolium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6936[19].
  • Lolium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ryegrass'}[20].
  • Lolium is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'jílek'}[21].
  • Lolium is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Rajgræs'}[22].
  • Lolium is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Lolch'}[23].
  • Lolium is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Weidelgras'}[24].
  • Lolium is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Raiheinät'}[25].
  • Lolium is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Ivraie'}[26].
  • Lolium is commonly known as {'lang': 'is', 'text': 'Rýgresi'}[27].

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Classification

Lolium's scientific name is Lolium[6]. Lolium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lolium belongs to the parent taxon Loliinae[5]. The taxonomic type of Lolium is Lolium perenne[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ryegrass'}[20], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'jílek'}[21], {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Rajgræs'}[22], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Lolch'}[23], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Weidelgras'}[24], and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Raiheinät'}[25].

Identifiers

Lolium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52800[28]. Lolium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4520[29]. Lolium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47160777[30]. Lolium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2706217[31]. Lolium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 40891[32].

Why It Matters

Lolium ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (368 views/month, #1,477 of 195,241).[2] Lolium has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Lolium is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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