Sonchus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q830049
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Sonchus

Summary

Sonchus is a taxon[1]. Sonchus ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month, #1,410 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sonchus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sonchus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sonchus is classified within Cichorieae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Sonchus is Sonchus[6].
  • Sonchus's Commons category is recorded as Sonchus[7].
  • Sonchus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sonchus[8].
  • Sonchus's Commons gallery is recorded as Sonchus[9].
  • Sonchus's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Sonchus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 80(1)[11].
  • Sonchus's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[12].
  • Sonchus's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[13].
  • Sonchus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14].
  • Sonchus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[15].
  • Sonchus's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=11287[16].
  • Sonchus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sowthistle'}[17].
  • Sonchus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Melkdistel'}[18].
  • Sonchus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '苦苣菜属'}[19].
  • Sonchus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '苦苣菜属'}[20].
  • Sonchus's different from is recorded as milt[21].
  • Sonchus's has fruit type is recorded as achene[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Sonchus is Sonchus[6]. Sonchus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sonchus is classified within Cichorieae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sowthistle'}[17], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Melkdistel'}[18], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '苦苣菜属'}[19], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '苦苣菜属'}[20].

Identifiers

Sonchus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53270[23]. Sonchus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 50190[24]. Sonchus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 60801[25]. Sonchus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3105646[26]. Sonchus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 38420[27].

Why It Matters

Sonchus ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month, #1,410 of 195,241).[2] Sonchus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Sonchus is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 80(1). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type achene
    Parent taxon Cichorieae
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