Ailanthus

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q160580
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Summary

Ailanthus is a taxon[1]. Ailanthus ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,170 views/month, #1,484 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Simaroubaceae[4]
  • Taxon name: Ailanthus[5]
  • Subclass of: tree[6]
  • Commons category: Ailanthus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ailanthus[8]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Technical Encyclopedia, 1st edition[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3)[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[16]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=326[17]
  • Taxon common name: ailanthus[18], Skyrækker-slægten[19], Götterbäume[20], Ailanto[21], Jumaltenpuut[22], Айлант[23], 臭椿属[24], bożodrzew[25], ajlant[26], pajesen[27]
  • Has fruit type: samara[28]

Body

Identifiers

Ailanthus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57280[29]. Ailanthus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 23809[30]. Ailanthus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71151[31]. Ailanthus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3190652[32]. Ailanthus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 28826[33].

Why It Matters

Ailanthus has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Ailanthus is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 43(3). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Apni id → 79518
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Apni id: 79610, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269298|batch #269298]]"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ailanthus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ailanthus, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289912061|ailanthus (#289912061)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Has fruit type → samara
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Technical Encyclopedia, 1st edition +5
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007530070005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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