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Salix alba

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q156918
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Summary

Salix alba is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,740 views/month, #1,381 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Tree of the year (Germany)[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Salix[6]
  • Taxon name: Salix alba[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Salix alba[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Salix alba[10]
  • Commons gallery: Salix alba[11]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 20(2)[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=32674[14]
  • Short name: S. alba[15]
  • Taxon common name: Silber-Weide[16], white willow[17], الصفصاف الأبيض[18], Бяла върба[19], Salze blanc[20], vrba bílá[21], Strzébnô wierzba[22], Йăмра[23], Hvid-Pil[24], Silberweide[25], Sauce blanco[26], Hõberemmelgas[27], valkopaju[28], Saule blanc[29]

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Identifiers

Salix alba's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 75704[30]. Salix alba's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5372513[31]. Salix alba's ITIS TSN is recorded as 565478[32].

Why It Matters

Salix alba has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Salix alba receive?

Honors received include Tree of the year (Germany)[3].

Related Entities

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . baum-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . baum-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Jeuwre · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 83
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb'
    Pronunciation audio → De-Silberweide.ogg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-Silberweide.ogg"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4500
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