Setaria italica

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161211
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Summary

Setaria italica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,697 views/month, #1,329 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Setaria[4]
  • Taxon name: Setaria italica[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6], C4 plant[7]
  • Has use: cereal[8], fodder[9], medicinal plant[10], building material[11], food[12]
  • Commons category: Setaria italica[13]
  • Has basionym: Panicum italicum[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Setaria italica[15]
  • Commons gallery: Setaria italica[16]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[18], Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[19], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(1)[20], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[22], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[23]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=33817[24]
  • This taxon is source of: Setariae Semen[25]
  • Short name: S. italica[26]
  • Taxon common name: cibogwellt yr Eidal[27], foxtail bristlegrass[28], Kolbenhirse[29], Foxtail millet[30], Italian millet[31], tähkähirssi[32], Millet des oiseaux[33], कँगनी[34], Juwawut[35], Panico[36], アワ[37], 조[38], trosgierst[39], vogelgierst[40]

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Identifiers

Setaria italica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4555[41]. Setaria italica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1114673[42]. Setaria italica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5289698[43]. Setaria italica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 41248[44].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Setaria italica include Aguni Island[45], an island[46], in Japan[47].

Why It Matters

Setaria italica has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include Aguni Island[45], an island[46], in Japan[47].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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