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Melilotus albus

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q158596
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Summary

Melilotus albus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (526 views/month, #1,563 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Melilotus[4]
  • Taxon name: Melilotus albus[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], fodder[8], 香精[9]
  • Commons category: Melilotus albus[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Melilotus albus[11]
  • Commons gallery: Melilotus albus[12]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2)[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=23989[14]
  • Short name: M. albus[15]
  • Taxon common name: Weißer Steinklee[16], White Melilot[17], حندقوق أبيض[18], Melilot blanc[19], komonice bílá[20], Biôłi miodownik[21], Yr wydro wen[22], Hvid Stenkløver[23], Weisser Steinklee[24], Bokharaklee[25], Weißer Honigklee[26], alfa rusa[27], k'ita alfa[28], meliloto blanco[29]

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Identifiers

Melilotus albus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 47082[30]. Melilotus albus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 703240[31]. Melilotus albus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2971095[32]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 516979[33] and 26149[34].

Why It Matters

Melilotus albus has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Beijing People's Republic of China Tianjin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. 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. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1280174692
    Sitelink count → 50
    Vascan id → 5837, 28670
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'co', 'commons', 'cs', 'csb'
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Vascan id: 28670, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/289880|batch #289880]]"
  2. 27d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → melilotus-albus
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  3. 8w ago · KaterynaVa · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vascular plants of iowa species id → SPEd1e6846
    Invasive to → Shanghai, Brazil
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Vascular plants of iowa species id: SPEd1e6846, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/156406554|Melilotus alba (#156406554)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/606"
  4. 17w ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Reflora id → FB617978
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37019|batch #37019]]: add Reflora ID (P10701)"
  5. 21w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2)
    Taxon rank → species
    Invasive to → Shanghai, Brazil
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Adhibindo enlace a anwiki"
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