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Melilotus officinalis

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Taxon taxon Q161160
Melilotus officinalis
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Summary

Melilotus officinalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (979 views/month, #1,508 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Melilotus[4]
  • Taxon name: Melilotus officinalis[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], food[8], fodder[9], fiber[10], 香精[11], nectar source[12]
  • Commons category: Melilotus officinalis[13]
  • Has basionym: Trifolium officinale[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Melilotus officinalis[15]
  • Commons gallery: Melilotus officinalis[16]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 42(2)[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24009[18]
  • This taxon is source of: melilot[19], melilot flowers[20]
  • Short name: M. officinalis[21]
  • Taxon common name: Echter Steinklee[22], yellow sweetclover[23], أكليل الملك[24], إكليل الملك[25], الحندقوق[26], حندقوق[27], Dərman xəşənbülü[28], Ҡандала үләне[29], Melilot[30], komonice lékařská[31], Żôłti miodownik[32], Yr wydro resog[33], Gelber Steinklee[34], Gewöhnlicher Steinklee[35]

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Identifiers

Melilotus officinalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 47083[36]. Melilotus officinalis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 704023[37]. Melilotus officinalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2971024[38]. Melilotus officinalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26150[39].

Why It Matters

Melilotus officinalis has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

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] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [37] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vascan id → 5841, 28745
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  2. 29d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → melilotus-officinalis
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  3. 6w ago · LeoGe25 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sernec taxon id → 1767, 66260
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