Striga hermonthica

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q3500415
Striga hermonthica
United States Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Striga hermonthica

Summary

Striga hermonthica is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Striga hermonthica's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Striga hermonthica is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Striga hermonthica is classified within Striga[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Striga hermonthica is Striga hermonthica[6].
  • Striga hermonthica's Commons category is recorded as Striga hermonthica[7].
  • Striga hermonthica's has basionym is recorded as Buchnera hermonthica[8].
  • Striga hermonthica's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102301[9].
  • Striga hermonthica's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. hermonthica'}[10].
  • Striga hermonthica is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'purple witchweed'}[11].
  • Striga hermonthica's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[12].

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Classification

Striga hermonthica's scientific name is Striga hermonthica[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Striga[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'purple witchweed'}[11].

Identifiers

Striga hermonthica's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 146990[13]. Striga hermonthica's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 68872[14]. Striga hermonthica's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 483846[15]. Striga hermonthica's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3171159[16]. Striga hermonthica's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506039[17].

Why It Matters

Striga hermonthica ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month, #1,617 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has basionym → Buchnera hermonthica
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Striga
    Taxon rank → species
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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