Arctium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q27257
Arctium
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Arctium

Summary

Arctium is a taxon[1]. Arctium ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (797 views/month, #1,108 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Arctium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Arctium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Arctium belongs to the parent taxon Cynareae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Arctium is Arctium[6].
  • Arctium's Commons category is recorded as Arctium[7].
  • Arctium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arctium[8].
  • Arctium's Commons gallery is recorded as Arctium[9].
  • Arctium's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • Arctium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 78(1)[11].
  • Arctium's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[12].
  • Arctium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Arctium's taxon synonym is recorded as Lappa[14].
  • Arctium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=925[15].
  • Arctium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'burdock'}[16].
  • Arctium is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Klit'}[17].
  • Arctium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '牛蒡属'}[18].
  • Arctium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '牛蒡属'}[19].
  • Arctium's different from is recorded as Q9394329[20].
  • Arctium's has part is recorded as wild food[21].
  • Arctium's seed dispersal is recorded as epizoochory[22].
  • Arctium's has fruit type is recorded as achene[23].
  • Arctium's PAEnflowered taxon URL is recorded as https://www.paenflowered.org/apgii/asterales/asteraceae/arctium[24].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Arctium is Arctium[6]. Arctium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Arctium is classified within Cynareae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'burdock'}[16], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Klit'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '牛蒡属'}[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '牛蒡属'}[19].

Identifiers

Arctium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 59571[25]. Arctium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4216[26]. Arctium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 59465[27]. Arctium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5393079[28]. Arctium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 36544[29].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Arctium include Bardock[30], a Saiyan[31].

Why It Matters

Arctium ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (797 views/month, #1,108 of 195,241).[2] Arctium has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Arctium is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Arctium include Bardock[30], a Saiyan[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] . 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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 78(1). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Plants for a Future. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 12d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) of the class wild food
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