Pogostemon cablin

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q257757
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Summary

Pogostemon cablin is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.38% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,961 views/month, #739 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Pogostemon[4]
  • Taxon name: Pogostemon cablin[5]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[6], food[7]
  • Commons category: Pogostemon cablin[8]
  • Has basionym: Mentha cablin[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pogostemon cablin[10]
  • Commons gallery: Pogostemon cablin[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[12]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[13], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=29154[15]
  • This taxon is source of: patchouli extract[16], patchouli oil[17], patchouli smell[18]
  • Short name: P. cablin[19]
  • Taxon common name: patchouli[20], 到手香[21], 广藿香[22], 藿香[23], 广蕾香[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • Taxon author citation: (Blanco) Benth.[26]
  • Taxon range: Fujian[27], Guangdong[28], Myanmar[29]

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Identifiers

Pogostemon cablin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 277910[30]. Pogostemon cablin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 28511[31]. Pogostemon cablin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 483839[32]. Pogostemon cablin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2926672[33]. Pogostemon cablin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506020[34].

Why It Matters

Pogostemon cablin has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . 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. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Topic's main category → Category:Pogostemon cablin
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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