Arctostaphylos alpina

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q548530
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Summary

Arctostaphylos alpina is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Arctostaphylos[4]
  • Taxon name: Arctostaphylos alpina[5]
  • Commons category: Arctous alpina[6]
  • Has basionym: Arbutus alpina[7]
  • Commons gallery: Arctostaphylos alpina[8]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=410669[9]
  • Short name: A. alpina[10]
  • Taxon common name: alpine bearberry[11], alpski gornik[12]
  • NatureServe conservation status: secure[13]
  • Has fruit type: berry[14]
  • Taxon synonym of: Arctous alpina[15]

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Identifiers

Arctostaphylos alpina's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 155127[16]. Arctostaphylos alpina's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8317978[17]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 23468[18] and 23469[19].

Why It Matters

Arctostaphylos alpina has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . 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. 3d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 23468, 23469
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 23469, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → berry
    Has basionym → Arbutus alpina
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Arctostaphylos
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49470|batch #49470]]"
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