Melinis repens

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q24700355
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Melinis repens

Summary

Melinis repens is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melinis repens's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melinis repens is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Melinis repens belongs to the parent taxon Melinis[5].
  • Melinis repens's scientific name is Melinis repens[6].
  • Melinis repens's Commons category is recorded as Melinis repens[7].
  • Melinis repens's has basionym is recorded as Saccharum repens[8].
  • Melinis repens's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[9].
  • Melinis repens's taxon synonym is recorded as Rhynchelytrum repens[10].
  • Melinis repens's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=409666[11].
  • Melinis repens's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. repens'}[12].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rose Natal grass'}[13].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '紅毛草'}[14].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '红毛草'}[15].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红毛草'}[16].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Creeping Molasses Grass'}[17].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Natal grass'}[18].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'zacate rosado'}[19].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'espiga colorada'}[20].
  • Melinis repens is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'zacate natal'}[21].
  • Melinis repens's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[22].
  • Melinis repens's taxon author citation is recorded as (Willd.) Zizka[23].
  • Melinis repens's taxon range is recorded as Fujian[24].
  • Melinis repens's taxon range is recorded as Guangdong[25].
  • Melinis repens's taxon range is recorded as Angola[26].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melinis repens is Melinis repens[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Melinis[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'rose Natal grass'}[13], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '紅毛草'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '红毛草'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红毛草'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Creeping Molasses Grass'}[17], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Natal grass'}[18].

Identifiers

Melinis repens's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 77987[27]. Melinis repens's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29709[28]. Melinis repens's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2702504[29]. Melinis repens's ITIS TSN is recorded as 565301[30].

Why It Matters

Melinis repens ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . Great Plains Regional Herbarium Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . Great Plains Regional Herbarium Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . Great Plains Regional Herbarium Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . Great Plains Regional Herbarium Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . Great Plains Regional Herbarium Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · HsfBot · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym Rhynchelytrum repens
    Has basionym Saccharum repens
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Add Indonesian Wikipedia sitelink: [[id:Melinis repens]]"
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