Maianthemum japonicum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q15522144
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Summary

Maianthemum japonicum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Maianthemum[4]
  • Taxon name: Maianthemum japonicum[5]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[6]
  • Commons category: Maianthemum japonicum[7]
  • Has basionym: Smilacina japonica[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Maianthemum japonicum[9]
  • Commons gallery: Maianthemum japonicum[10]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=458515[11]
  • Short name: M. japonicum[12]
  • Taxon common name: ユキザサ[13], 鹿药[14], 雪笹[15]
  • Taxon author citation: A. Gray La Frankie[16], (A. Gray) LaFrankie[17]
  • Taxon range: People's Republic of China[18], Fujian[19], Tianjin[20]

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Identifiers

Maianthemum japonicum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 565359[21]. Maianthemum japonicum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 100528[22]. Maianthemum japonicum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1003698[23]. Maianthemum japonicum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2769420[24].

Why It Matters

Maianthemum japonicum is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Transfer of the Species of Smilacina to Maianthemum (Liliaceae). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Transfer of the Species of Smilacina to Maianthemum (Liliaceae). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Transfer of the Species of Smilacina to Maianthemum (Liliaceae). wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . BG Plants: Japanese name–scientific name index (YList). wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has basionym → Smilacina japonica
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Maianthemum
    Taxon rank → species
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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