Alyssum

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q161063
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Alyssum

Summary

Alyssum is a taxon[1]. Alyssum ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (768 views/month, #1,271 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alyssum's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Alyssum is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Alyssum is classified within Alysseae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Alyssum is Alyssum[6].
  • Alyssum's Commons category is recorded as Alyssum[7].
  • Alyssum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alyssum[8].
  • Alyssum's Commons gallery is recorded as Alyssum[9].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[13].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Q19133013[14].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as Flora URSS[15].
  • Alyssum's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16].
  • Alyssum's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=476[17].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'madwort'}[18].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schildzaad'}[19].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '庭荠属'}[20].
  • Alyssum is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '庭荠属'}[21].
  • Alyssum's has list is recorded as Q3966204[22].
  • Alyssum's Montana Plant Life URL is recorded as http://montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/genus03.cgi?Brassicaceae_Alyssum[23].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Alyssum is Alyssum[6]. Alyssum is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Alyssum belongs to the parent taxon Alysseae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'madwort'}[18], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schildzaad'}[19], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '庭荠属'}[20], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '庭荠属'}[21].

Identifiers

Alyssum's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 71958[24]. Alyssum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 169067[25]. Alyssum's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39058[26]. Alyssum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3044728[27]. Alyssum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23029[28].

Why It Matters

Alyssum ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (768 views/month, #1,271 of 195,241).[2] Alyssum has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Alyssum is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A generic and tribal synopsis of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [25] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  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] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Alysseae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 1813256
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