Spinacia oleracea

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q81464
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Summary

Spinacia oleracea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,441 views/month, #722 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Spinacia[4]
  • Taxon name: Spinacia oleracea[5]
  • Subclass of: herbaceous plant[6], annual plant[7], useful plant[8], designated vegetable[9]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[10], vegetable[11]
  • Commons category: Spinacia oleracea[12]
  • Said to be the same as: spinach[13]
  • Significant event: sequencing[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Spinacia oleracea[15]
  • Commons gallery: Spinacia oleracea[16]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[17], Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[18], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2)[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=35256[22]
  • This taxon is source of: spinach[23], spinach juice[24]
  • Short name: S[25]
  • Taxon common name: ysbigoglys[26], spinach[27], 菠菜[28], Spinazie[29], špenát setý[30], ruokapinaatti[31], ホウレンソウ[32], 波薐[33], 菠薐菜[34], 菠薐[35], 菠菜子[36], espinaca[37], navadna špinača[38]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000050[39]

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Identifiers

Spinacia oleracea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 84092[40]. Spinacia oleracea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3562[41]. Spinacia oleracea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582002[42]. Spinacia oleracea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3083647[43]. Spinacia oleracea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 20709[44].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Spinacia oleracea include SPINACH Wikidata Agent[45], an artificial intelligence[46].

Why It Matters

Spinacia oleracea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for it include SPINACH Wikidata Agent[45], an artificial intelligence[46].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. tela-botanica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. tela-botanica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . uses.plantnet-project.org. uses.plantnet-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . tela-botanica.org. tela-botanica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. bio-enligne.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. jardinage.lemonde.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [41] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [44] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [43] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia Nipponica. kotobank.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 25(2). wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . Environment Ontology. wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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