Yam (vegetable)

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q10752741
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Yam (vegetable)

Summary

Yam (vegetable) is a taxon[1]. Yam (vegetable) ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yam (vegetable)'s image is recorded as Diosc hispi 090103-5117 rwg.JPG[3].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s parent taxon is recorded as Dioscorea[6].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s taxon name is recorded as Dioscorea hispida[7].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s has use is recorded as medicinal plant[8].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s has use is recorded as food[9].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s Commons category is recorded as Dioscorea hispida[10].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 167587[11].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s ITIS TSN is recorded as 506491[12].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1120976[13].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2755784[14].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s Tropicos ID is recorded as 11000025[15].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s IPNI plant ID is recorded as 318077-1[16].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s Plant List ID is recorded as kew-240268[17].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(1)[18].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14212[19].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s Flora of North America taxon ID is recorded as 200028114[20].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s Flora of China ID is recorded as 200028114[21].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s USDA PLANTS ID is recorded as DIHI7[22].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'D. hispida'}[23].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'intoxicating yam'}[24].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大苦薯'}[25].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '白薯榔'}[26].
  • Yam (vegetable)'s taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '白薯莨'}[27].

Why It Matters

Yam (vegetable) ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2] Yam (vegetable) has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Yam (vegetable) is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . The Plant List 1.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Flora of China. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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