Rubia tinctorum

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q163641
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Summary

Rubia tinctorum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,629 views/month, #1,338 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Rubia[4]
  • Taxon name: Rubia tinctorum[5]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[6]
  • Commons category: Rubia tinctorum[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rubia tinctorum[8]
  • Commons gallery: Rubia tinctorum[9]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 71(2)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=32244[12]
  • This taxon is source of: rose madder[13], madder[14]
  • Short name: R. tinctorum[15]
  • Taxon common name: dyer's madder[16], Meekrap[17], Garance des teinturiers[18], mořena barvířská[19], garance[20], Färberröte[21], 染色茜草[22], 小红藤[23], 染色茜草(新疆茜草)*[24], pravi brošč[25]
  • Has fruit type: drupe[26]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]

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Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 362522[28] and 168003[29]. Rubia tinctorum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29802[30]. Rubia tinctorum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1107374[31]. Rubia tinctorum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2892272[32]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 35145[33] and 504837[34].

Why It Matters

Rubia tinctorum has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel. wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [27] ↑ . 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. 1d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 35145, 504837
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv'
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  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Nomada conjungens
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Xinjiang
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Has fruit type → drupe
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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