Buddleja davidii

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q161538
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Buddleja davidii

Summary

Buddleja davidii is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,162 views/month, #1,295 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buddleja davidii's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Buddleja davidii is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Adam Buddle is named after Buddleja davidii[5].
  • Armand David is named after Buddleja davidii[6].
  • Buddleja davidii belongs to the parent taxon Buddleja[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Buddleja davidii is Buddleja davidii[8].
  • Buddleja davidii is used for medicinal plant[9].
  • Buddleja davidii is used for ornamental plant[10].
  • Buddleja davidii's Commons category is recorded as Buddleja davidii[11].
  • Buddleja davidii's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buddleja davidii[12].
  • Buddleja davidii's Commons gallery is recorded as Buddleja davidii[13].
  • Buddleja davidii's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 61[14].
  • Buddleja davidii's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=8081[15].
  • Buddleja davidii's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. davidii'}[16].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Butterfly-bush'}[17].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gewöhnlicher Sommerflieder'}[18].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Vlinderstruik'}[19].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'komule Davidova'}[20].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'vlinderstruik'}[21].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'buddléa'}[22].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Fliederspeer'}[23].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '大叶醉鱼草'}[24].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '绛花醉鱼草'}[25].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '穆坪醉鱼草'}[26].
  • Buddleja davidii is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '兴山醉鱼草'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Buddleja davidii is Buddleja davidii[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Buddleja[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Butterfly-bush'}[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gewöhnlicher Sommerflieder'}[18], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Vlinderstruik'}[19], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'komule Davidova'}[20], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'buddléa'}[22], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Fliederspeer'}[23].

Discovery and Description

Things named after include Adam Buddle[5], a botanist[28], 1662–1715[29], of Kingdom of Great Britain[30] and Armand David[6], a botanist[31], 1826–1900[32], of France[33], specialised in zoology[34].

Identifiers

Buddleja davidii's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 75916[35]. Buddleja davidii's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 28540[36]. Buddleja davidii's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 581490[37]. Buddleja davidii's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3173338[38]. Buddleja davidii's ITIS TSN is recorded as 29914[39].

Why It Matters

Buddleja davidii ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,162 views/month, #1,295 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [39] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [37] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [38] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . 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. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxon range People's Republic of China, Tibet Autonomous Region
    Taxon rank species
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Named after Adam Buddle, Armand David
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