Rhamnus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q79190
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Rhamnus

Summary

Rhamnus is a taxon[1]. Rhamnus ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (920 views/month, #1,462 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rhamnus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rhamnus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Rhamnus belongs to the parent taxon Rhamnaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Rhamnus is Rhamnus[6].
  • Rhamnus's Commons category is recorded as Rhamnus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Rhamnus is Rhamnus cathartica[8].
  • Rhamnus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhamnus (plant)[9].
  • Rhamnus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 48(1)[10].
  • Rhamnus's described by source is recorded as Flora URSS[11].
  • Rhamnus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Rhamnus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10359[13].
  • Rhamnus's this taxon is source of is recorded as buckthorn dye[14].
  • Rhamnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Buckthorn'}[15].
  • Rhamnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Vuilboom'}[16].
  • Rhamnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '鼠李属'}[17].
  • Rhamnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鼠李属'}[18].
  • Rhamnus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'クロウメモドキ属'}[19].
  • Rhamnus's has fruit type is recorded as drupe[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Rhamnus is Rhamnus[6]. Rhamnus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Rhamnus belongs to the parent taxon Rhamnaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Rhamnus is Rhamnus cathartica[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Buckthorn'}[15], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Vuilboom'}[16], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '鼠李属'}[17], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '鼠李属'}[18], and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'クロウメモドキ属'}[19].

Identifiers

Rhamnus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54812[21]. Rhamnus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3609[22]. Rhamnus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 32785[23]. Rhamnus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3039471[24]. Rhamnus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 28561[25].

Why It Matters

Rhamnus ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (920 views/month, #1,462 of 195,241).[2] Rhamnus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Rhamnus is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 48(1). wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Parent taxon Rhamnaceae
    Topic's main category Category:Rhamnus (plant)
    This taxon is source of buckthorn dye
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007292551805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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