Croton

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q519802
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Croton

Summary

Croton is a taxon[1]. Croton ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (576 views/month, #1,453 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Croton's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Croton is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Croton is classified within Crotoneae[5].
  • Croton's scientific name is Croton[6].
  • Croton's Commons category is recorded as Croton[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Croton is Croton tiglium[8].
  • Croton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Croton (plant)[9].
  • Croton's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Croton's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(2)[11].
  • Croton's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • Croton's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Aldinia[14].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Angelandra[15].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Anisepta[16].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Anisophyllum [Boivin ex Baill.][17].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Argyra[18].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Astrogyne[19].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Hendecandras[20].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Myriogomphus[21].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Triplandra[22].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Medea[23].
  • Croton's taxon synonym is recorded as Cleodora[24].
  • Croton's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3106[25].
  • Croton's this taxon is source of is recorded as croton oil[26].
  • Croton is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'croton'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Croton is Croton[6]. Croton is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Croton is classified within Crotoneae[5]. The taxonomic type of Croton is Croton tiglium[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'croton'}[27], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '巴豆属'}[28], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '巴豆属'}[29], and {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'حب المُلوك'}[30].

Identifiers

Croton's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53165[31]. Croton's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 100370[32]. Croton's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3057454[33]. Croton's ITIS TSN is recorded as 28260[34].

Why It Matters

Croton ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (576 views/month, #1,453 of 195,241).[2] Croton has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Croton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

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. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 44(2). wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of croton oil
    Taxonomic type Croton tiglium
    Parent taxon Crotoneae
    Instance of taxon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533413405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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