Althaea officinalis

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q158496
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Althaea officinalis

Summary

Althaea officinalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,781 views/month, #1,016 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Althaea officinalis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Althaea officinalis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Althaea officinalis is classified within Althaea[5].
  • Althaea officinalis's scientific name is Althaea officinalis[6].
  • Althaea officinalis is a type of perennial plant[7].
  • Althaea officinalis is used for medicinal plant[8].
  • Althaea officinalis's Commons category is recorded as Althaea officinalis[9].
  • Althaea officinalis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Althaea officinalis[10].
  • Althaea officinalis's Commons gallery is recorded as Althaea officinalis[11].
  • Althaea officinalis's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 49(2)[12].
  • Althaea officinalis's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13].
  • Althaea officinalis's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • Althaea officinalis's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2721[15].
  • Althaea officinalis's this taxon is source of is recorded as althea root[16].
  • Althaea officinalis's this taxon is source of is recorded as Althaea officinalis extract[17].
  • Althaea officinalis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. officinalis'}[18].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Echter Eibisch'}[19].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common marshmallow'}[20].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Marshmallow'}[21].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Bismalva'}[22].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Malvavisco'}[23].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Guimauve officinale'}[24].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'hr', 'text': 'Bijeli sljez'}[25].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Fehérmályva'}[26].
  • Althaea officinalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Orvosi zilíz'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Althaea officinalis is Althaea officinalis[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Althaea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Echter Eibisch'}[19], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'common marshmallow'}[20], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Marshmallow'}[21], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Bismalva'}[22], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Malvavisco'}[23], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Guimauve officinale'}[24].

Identifiers

Althaea officinalis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52565[28]. Althaea officinalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 145745[29]. Althaea officinalis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 584767[30]. Althaea officinalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152520[31]. Althaea officinalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21610[32].

Why It Matters

Althaea officinalis ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,781 views/month, #1,016 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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