Pteridium aquilinum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q213548
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Pteridium aquilinum

Summary

Pteridium aquilinum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (958 views/month, #1,419 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pteridium aquilinum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is classified within Q258034[5].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's scientific name is Pteridium aquilinum[6].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is used for food[7].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is used for vegetable[8].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is used for medicinal plant[9].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's Commons category is recorded as Pteridium aquilinum[10].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's has basionym is recorded as Pteris aquilina[11].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pteridium aquilinum[12].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's Commons gallery is recorded as Pteridium aquilinum[13].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[14].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[17].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 3(1)[19].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's described by source is recorded as Q19133013[20].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=312948[21].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's this taxon is source of is recorded as bracken fern root[22].
  • Pteridium aquilinum's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. aquilinum'}[23].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bracken'}[24].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Adlerfarn'}[25].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Adelaarsvaren'}[26].
  • Pteridium aquilinum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'Eastern brakenfern'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pteridium aquilinum is Pteridium aquilinum[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Q258034[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bracken'}[24], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Adlerfarn'}[25], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Adelaarsvaren'}[26], {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'Eastern brakenfern'}[27], {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'western brackenfern'}[28], and {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '고사리'}[29].

Identifiers

Pteridium aquilinum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52681[30]. Pteridium aquilinum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 32101[31]. Pteridium aquilinum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 597748[32]. Pteridium aquilinum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5275012[33]. Pteridium aquilinum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 17224[34].

Why It Matters

Pteridium aquilinum ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (958 views/month, #1,419 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

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] . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [34] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [32] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [33] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . 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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