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Centaurea cyanus

species of flowering plant
Taxon taxon Q156921
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Summary

Centaurea cyanus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,751 views/month, #705 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: herb[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Centaurea[5]
  • Taxon name: Centaurea cyanus[6]
  • Subclass of: flowering plant[7], ornamental plant[8], weed[9]
  • Part of: segetal flora[10]
  • Commons category: Centaurea cyanus[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Centaurea cyanus[12]
  • Commons gallery: Centaurea cyanus[13]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 78(1)[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=9817[18]
  • Short name: C. cyanus[19]
  • Taxon common name: Cornflower[20], Korn-Flockenblume[21], قنطريون عنبري[22], Əkin güləvəri[23], Зәңгәр сәскә[24], Kornblomst[25], Блакітная валошка[26], Васілёк сіні[27], синя метличина[28], Blavet[29], chrpa polní[30], Mòdrôk[31], Glas yr ŷd[32], Kornblume[33]

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Identifiers

Centaurea cyanus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41522[34]. Centaurea cyanus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 467789[35]. Centaurea cyanus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3089561[36]. Centaurea cyanus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 36954[37].

Why It Matters

Centaurea cyanus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 106 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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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. 29d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → centaurea-cyanus
    Apni id → 58282, 442585
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  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4326
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  3. 17w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → rugiagele
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  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon, herb
    Topic's main category → Category:Centaurea cyanus
    Has part(s) of the class → food ingredient
    Instance of → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 13597, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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