watermelon

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q17507129
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watermelon

Summary

watermelon is a taxon[1]. watermelon ranks in the top 0.13% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,009 views/month, #245 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • watermelon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • watermelon is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • watermelon belongs to the parent taxon Citrullus[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, watermelon is Citrullus lanatus[6].
  • watermelon is a type of useful plant[7].
  • watermelon is a type of annual plant[8].
  • watermelon is used for medicinal plant[9].
  • watermelon is used for fruit[10].
  • watermelon is used for fodder[11].
  • watermelon is used for food[12].
  • watermelon is used for fiber[13].
  • watermelon's Commons category is recorded as Citrullus lanatus[14].
  • watermelon's Unicode character is recorded as 🍉[15].
  • watermelon's has basionym is recorded as Momordica lanata[16].
  • watermelon's replaced synonym is recorded as Cucurbita citrullus[17].
  • watermelon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Citrullus lanatus[18].
  • watermelon's Commons gallery is recorded as Citrullus lanatus[19].
  • watermelon's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[20].
  • watermelon's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[21].
  • watermelon's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)[22].
  • watermelon's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[23].
  • watermelon's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[24].
  • watermelon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25].
  • watermelon's taxon synonym is recorded as Citrullus lanatus subsp. lanatus[26].
  • watermelon's taxon synonym is recorded as Citrullus lanatus subsp. vulgaris[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, watermelon is Citrullus lanatus[6]. watermelon is classified at the rank of species[4]. watermelon is classified within Citrullus[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '西瓜'}[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'watermelon'}[29], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wassermelone'}[30], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'lubenice'}[31], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'sandía'}[32], and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'vesimeloni'}[33].

Identifiers

watermelon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3654[34]. watermelon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 584423[35]. watermelon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874621[36]. watermelon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22356[37].

Why It Matters

watermelon ranks in the top 0.13% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,009 views/month, #245 of 195,241).[2] watermelon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] watermelon is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . inpn.mnhn.fr. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . inpn.mnhn.fr. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . inpn.mnhn.fr. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . (2313) Proposal to conserve the name Momordica lanata (Citrullus lanatus) (watermelon, Cucurbitaceae), with a conserved type, against Citrullus battich. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. fleurs-fruits-feuilles-de.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. fleurs-fruits-feuilles-de.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . gbif.org. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . gbif.org. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [35] . wikidata.org.
  19. [36] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . gbif.org. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . gbif.org. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . gd.eppo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Germplasm Resources Information Network. Retrieved . uses.plantnet-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . Germplasm Resources Information Network. Retrieved . uses.plantnet-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . uses.plantnet-project.org. uses.plantnet-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced synonym (for nom. nov.) Cucurbita citrullus
    Described at url
    Described by source Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1), The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge +2
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