Aconitum
genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae
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Summary
Aconitum is a taxon[1]. Aconitum ranks in the top 0.083% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,206 views/month, #162 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Delphinieae[4]
- Taxon name: Aconitum[5]
- Subclass of: ornamental plant[6], poisonous plant[7]
- Commons category: Aconitum[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Aconitum[9]
- Commons gallery: Aconitum[10]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Ботанический словарь[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 27[20], Slovník naučný[21], Pauly–Wissowa[22]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=112[23]
- This taxon is source of: aconitine[24]
- Taxon common name: Monkshood[25], آقونيطن[26], Akonit[27], Айыутабан[28], Боцікі[29], расліны[30], Самакитка[31], Acònit[32], oměj[33], Stormhat[34], Eisenhut[35], Ακόνιτο[36], Akonito[37], Acónito[38]
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Identifiers
Aconitum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 49188[39]. Aconitum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 53012[40]. Aconitum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3033663[41]. Aconitum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18411[42].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Aconitum include French frigate Aconit[43], a frigate[44].
Why It Matters
Aconitum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Aconitum is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]
Entities named for Aconitum include French frigate Aconit[43], a frigate[44].