Plumbago indica

species of flowering plant
Taxon taxon Q3025990
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Summary

Plumbago indica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Plumbago indica's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Plumbago indica is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Plumbago indica belongs to the parent taxon Plumbago[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Plumbago indica is Plumbago indica[6].
  • Plumbago indica is used for medicinal plant[7].
  • Plumbago indica's Commons category is recorded as Plumbago indica[8].
  • Plumbago indica's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plumbago indica[9].
  • Plumbago indica's Commons gallery is recorded as Plumbago indica[10].
  • Plumbago indica's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[11].
  • Plumbago indica's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 60(1)[12].
  • Plumbago indica's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 60(1)[13].
  • Plumbago indica's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=28877[14].
  • Plumbago indica's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. indica'}[15].
  • Plumbago indica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'whorled plantain'}[16].
  • Plumbago indica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫花丹'}[17].
  • Plumbago indica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫花藤'}[18].
  • Plumbago indica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '谢三娘'}[19].
  • Plumbago indica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫雪花'}[20].
  • Plumbago indica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫雪花'}[21].
  • Plumbago indica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '红花丹'}[22].
  • Plumbago indica is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫花丹'}[23].
  • Plumbago indica's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[24].
  • Plumbago indica's taxon range is recorded as Guangdong[25].
  • Plumbago indica's taxon range is recorded as Myanmar[26].

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Classification

Plumbago indica's scientific name is Plumbago indica[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Plumbago[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'whorled plantain'}[16], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫花丹'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫花藤'}[18], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '谢三娘'}[19], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '紫雪花'}[20], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '紫雪花'}[21].

Identifiers

Plumbago indica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 426446[27]. Plumbago indica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 122308[28]. Plumbago indica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 590887[29]. Plumbago indica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3082286[30]. Plumbago indica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 504463[31].

Why It Matters

Plumbago indica ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  29. [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. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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