Alternanthera ficoidea

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q15479578
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Summary

Alternanthera ficoidea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Alternanthera[4]
  • Taxon name: Alternanthera ficoidea[5]
  • Commons category: Alternanthera ficoidea[6]
  • Has basionym: Gomphrena ficoidea[7]
  • Taxon synonym: Alternanthera ficoidea var. brachiata[8], Alternanthera tenella[9]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=101486[10]
  • Short name: A. ficoidea[11]
  • Taxon common name: sanguinaria[12], 绿苋草[13], 五色苋[14]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[15]
  • Taxon author citation: L. P. Beauv.[16]
  • Taxon range: Amazonia[17], Minas Gerais[18], Caatinga[19], Rio de Janeiro[20], Mato Grosso[21], Goiás[22], Sergipe[23], Rondônia[24], Rio Grande do Norte[25], Federal District[26], Paraíba[27], Espírito Santo[28], Roraima[29], Atlantic Forest[30]

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Identifiers

Alternanthera ficoidea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 279260[31]. Alternanthera ficoidea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 326744[32]. Alternanthera ficoidea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3084969[33]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 181946[34] and 181947[35].

Why It Matters

Alternanthera ficoidea has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

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. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 181946, 181947
    Foliage type → evergreen plant
    Sitelink count → 8
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 181947, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
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