Phragmites australis
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Summary
Phragmites australis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,252 views/month, #1,358 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Phragmites[5]
- Taxon name: Phragmites australis[6]
- Subclass of: herbaceous plant[7]
- Has use: food[8], fiber[9], medicinal plant[10], ornamental plant[11], brewing[12], building material[13], firewood[14], fodder[15], insecticide[16], ochitenjō[17]
- Commons category: Phragmites australis[18]
- Has basionym: Arundo australis[19]
- Commons gallery: Phragmites australis[20]
- Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[21], Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[22], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)[23], Ботанический словарь[24], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[27]
- Taxon synonym: Phragmites communis[28]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28091[29]
- Short name: P. australis[30]
- Taxon common name: Gewöhnliches Schilf[31], Common Reed[32], Phragmite commun[33], Roseau[34], 蘆葦[35], Riet[36], rákos obecný[37], 갈대[38], Schilf[39], 芦苇[40], 葭[41], 兼[42], 芦[43], 苇[44]
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Identifiers
Phragmites australis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29695[45]. Phragmites australis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1114576[46]. Phragmites australis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5290149[47]. Phragmites australis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 41072[48].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Phragmites australis include Lake Ashi[49], a volcanic crater lake[50], in Japan[51]; Yoshino River[52], a river[53], in Japan[54]; Kamiesch[55], an inlet[56], in Ukraine[57]; and Trastikovo[58], a village of Bulgaria[59], in Bulgaria[60].
Why It Matters
Phragmites australis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 165 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include Lake Ashi[49], a volcanic crater lake[50], in Japan[51]; Yoshino River[52], a river[53], in Japan[54]; Kamiesch[55], an inlet[56], in Ukraine[57]; and Trastikovo[58], a village of Bulgaria[59], in Bulgaria[60].