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Sorghum bicolor

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q332062
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Summary

Sorghum bicolor is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,594 views/month, #310 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Sorghum[4]
  • Taxon name: Sorghum bicolor[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6], perennial plant[7]
  • Has use: food[8], cereal[9], fodder[10], medicinal plant[11], dye[12], building material[13], fiber[14]
  • Commons category: Sorghum bicolor[15]
  • Has basionym: Holcus bicolor[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sorghum bicolor[17]
  • Commons gallery: Sorghum bicolor[18]
  • Described by source: Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[19], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 10(2)[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[22]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=35092[23]
  • This taxon is source of: camelina oil[24]
  • Short name: S. bicolor[25]
  • Taxon common name: sorgwm[26], sorghum[27], 蜀黍[28], 高粱[29], Kafferkoren[30], čirok obecný[31], kirjodurra[32], 罗氏高粱[33], 有尾髙粱[34], 高梁[35], 高梁米糠[36], சோளம்[37], navadni sirek[38]

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Identifiers

Sorghum bicolor's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 58389[39]. Sorghum bicolor's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4558[40]. Sorghum bicolor's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1115166[41]. Sorghum bicolor's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2705181[42]. Sorghum bicolor's ITIS TSN is recorded as 42108[43].

Why It Matters

Sorghum bicolor has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . plants.ces.ncsu.edu. plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [40] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [43] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [41] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [42] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . tn.gov.in. Retrieved . tn.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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