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Arabidopsis thaliana

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q158695
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Summary

Arabidopsis thaliana is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,716 views/month, #1,204 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: model organism[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Arabidopsis[5]
  • Taxon name: Arabidopsis thaliana[6]
  • Commons category: Arabidopsis thaliana[7]
  • Has basionym: Arabis thaliana[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Arabidopsis thaliana[9]
  • Commons gallery: Arabidopsis thaliana[10]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 33[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=3769[12]
  • Short name: A. thaliana[13]
  • Taxon common name: Acker-Schmalwand[14], mouseear cress[15], huseníček rolní[16], Schotenkresse[17], Mouse-ear Cress[18], Thale Cress[19], Oruga[20], Lituruoho[21], Arabette de Thalius[22], Arabette des dames[23], Arabette rameuse[24], Arabidopsis de Thalius[25], Fausse Arabette[26], Arabetta Comune[27]
  • Height: 22.5 cm[28]
  • Uses: plant arithmetic[29]
  • Flower color: white[30]
  • Habitat: Europe[31], Asia[32], Western North Africa[33]

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Identifiers

Arabidopsis thaliana's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3702[34]. Arabidopsis thaliana's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583954[35]. Arabidopsis thaliana's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3052436[36]. Arabidopsis thaliana's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23041[37].

Why It Matters

Arabidopsis thaliana has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . 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.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Acker-Schmalwand'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mouseear cress'}, {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'huseníček rolní'} +25
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 11891965-n
    Interlingual index id → i99642
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  2. 19w ago · ~2026-32989-63 · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Acker-Schmalwand'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mouseear cress'}, {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'huseníček rolní'} +25
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon common name: mouseear cresss"
  3. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon, model organism
    Habitat → Europe, Asia, Western North Africa
    Topic's main category → Category:Arabidopsis thaliana
    Instance of → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 17407, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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