Pittosporum tobira

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161375
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Pittosporum tobira

Summary

Pittosporum tobira is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,034 views/month, #1,171 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pittosporum tobira's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pittosporum tobira is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Pittosporum tobira is classified within Pittosporum[5].
  • Pittosporum tobira's scientific name is Pittosporum tobira[6].
  • Pittosporum tobira is used for medicinal plant[7].
  • Pittosporum tobira is used for nectar source[8].
  • Pittosporum tobira is used for wood[9].
  • Pittosporum tobira's Commons category is recorded as Pittosporum tobira[10].
  • Pittosporum tobira's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pittosporum tobira[11].
  • Pittosporum tobira's Commons gallery is recorded as Pittosporum tobira[12].
  • Pittosporum tobira's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 35(2)[13].
  • Pittosporum tobira's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28756[14].
  • Pittosporum tobira's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. tobira'}[15].
  • Pittosporum tobira is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Japanese cheesewood'}[16].
  • Pittosporum tobira is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海桐'}[17].
  • Pittosporum tobira is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '海桐'}[18].
  • Pittosporum tobira is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海桐花'}[19].
  • Pittosporum tobira is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海桐枝叶'}[20].
  • Pittosporum tobira is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'Pitosporu'}[21].
  • Pittosporum tobira is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cheesewood'}[22].
  • Pittosporum tobira is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Japanese Mock Orange'}[23].
  • Pittosporum tobira's taxon author citation is recorded as (Thunb.) W. T. Aiton[24].
  • Pittosporum tobira's taxon author citation is recorded as W.T.Aiton[25].
  • Pittosporum tobira's taxon range is recorded as People's Republic of China[26].
  • Pittosporum tobira's taxon range is recorded as Shanghai[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pittosporum tobira is Pittosporum tobira[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Pittosporum[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Japanese cheesewood'}[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海桐'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '海桐'}[18], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海桐花'}[19], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '海桐枝叶'}[20], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'Pitosporu'}[21].

Identifiers

Pittosporum tobira's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 78592[28]. Pittosporum tobira's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 43073[29]. Pittosporum tobira's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583390[30]. Pittosporum tobira's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2986304[31]. Pittosporum tobira's ITIS TSN is recorded as 24067[32].

Why It Matters

Pittosporum tobira ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,034 views/month, #1,171 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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  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. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . PlantFiles. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . PlantFiles. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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