Cucumis sativus

species of plant in the Cucurbitaceae gourd family
Taxon taxon Q23425
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Cucumis sativus is a taxon that has been recognized with the title Vegetable of the year [1].

Cucumis sativus

Summary

Cucumis sativus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,004 views/month, #370 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cucumis sativus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cucumis sativus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Cucumis sativus is classified within Cucumis[5].
  • Cucumis sativus's scientific name is Cucumis sativus[6].
  • Cucumis sativus is a type of food[7].
  • Cucumis sativus is a type of useful plant[8].
  • Cucumis sativus is used for fruit vegetable[9].
  • Cucumis sativus is used for medicinal plant[10].
  • Cucumis sativus is used for vegetable[11].
  • Cucumis sativus's Commons category is recorded as Cucumis sativus[12].
  • Cucumis sativus's said to be the same as is recorded as Q25674330[13].
  • Cucumis sativus's Unicode character is recorded as 🥒[14].
  • Cucumis sativus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cucumber[15].
  • Cucumis sativus's Commons gallery is recorded as Cucumis sativus[16].
  • Cucumis sativus's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[17].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[19].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)[20].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[23].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[24].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[25].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[26].
  • Cucumis sativus's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[27].

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Classification

Cucumis sativus's scientific name is Cucumis sativus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Cucumis[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'cucumer'}[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'garden cucumber'}[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '胡瓜'}[30], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '黃瓜'}[31], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Komkommer'}[32], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'okurka setá'}[33].

Identifiers

Cucumis sativus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3659[34]. Cucumis sativus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 584402[35]. Cucumis sativus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874569[36]. Cucumis sativus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 22364[37].

Why It Matters

Cucumis sativus ranks in the top 0.19% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,004 views/month, #370 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . inpn.mnhn.fr. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. inpn.mnhn.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. uses.plantnet-project.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . fruits.nutriarena.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. techno-science.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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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