Brassica nigra

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q381942
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Summary

Brassica nigra is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (921 views/month, #1,547 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Brassica[5]
  • Taxon name: Brassica nigra[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8], oil plant[9], vegetable[10], spice[11]
  • Commons category: Brassica nigra[12]
  • Has basionym: Sinapis nigra[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brassica nigra[14]
  • Commons gallery: Brassica nigra[15]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=7666[18]
  • This taxon is source of: black mustard seed[19], mustard seed[20]
  • Short name: B. nigra[21]
  • Taxon common name: Senf-Kohl[22], black mustard[23], Zwarte mosterd[24], brukev černá[25], moutarde noire[26], Schwarzkohl[27], mustasinappi[28], 黑芥[29], 黑芥(芥蓝菜)[30], mostaza[31], črna ogrščica[32]
  • Has fruit type: silique[33]

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Identifiers

Brassica nigra's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53112[34]. Brassica nigra's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3710[35]. Brassica nigra's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 583895[36]. Brassica nigra's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3042658[37]. Brassica nigra's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23061[38].

Why It Matters

Brassica nigra has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [38] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [36] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . The Little Flora of Slovenia (3rd ed.). wikidata.org.
  35. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 21h ago · TadejM · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['am', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs'
    Wikipedia title → Rhamphospermum nigrum
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Taxon common name: črna ogrščica"
  2. 24d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → brassica-nigra
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  3. 19w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Brassica
    Taxon synonym of → Mutarda nigra
    Instance of → —
    Has fruit type → silique
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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