Sweet Woodruff

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161090
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Summary

Sweet Woodruff is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,197 views/month, #756 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Galium[4]
  • Taxon name: Galium odoratum[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6], perennial plant[7], herbaceous plant[8]
  • Has use: spice[9]
  • Commons category: Galium odoratum[10]
  • Has basionym: Asperula odorata[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Galium odoratum[12]
  • Commons gallery: Galium odoratum[13]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 71(2)[15], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16], New International Encyclopedia[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103279[18]
  • This taxon is source of: woodruff extract[19], food plant[20]
  • Short name: G. odoratum[21]
  • Taxon common name: Waldmeister[22], جويسئة عطرة[23], Ətirli çətiryarpaq[24], Яҙғы бөрмәкәй[25], Лазаркиня[26], Espunyidella d'olor[27], svízel vonný[28], Briwydd Bêr[29], Skovmærke[30], Asperulo[31], Asperilla[32], Lõhnav madar[33], Ziabelar usaindun[34], زبرینه[35]

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Identifiers

Sweet Woodruff's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 35899[36]. Sweet Woodruff's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1107990[37]. Sweet Woodruff's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2914642[38]. Sweet Woodruff's ITIS TSN is recorded as 502715[39].

Why It Matters

Sweet Woodruff has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

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] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Species cataloging of vascular plants in Ningxia, northwestern China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [37] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . soppognyttevekster.no. Retrieved . soppognyttevekster.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxon range → Beijing, People's Republic of China, Xinjiang +1
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