Echinochloa colona

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q3338174
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Summary

Echinochloa colona is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (264 views/month, #1,585 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Echinochloa[5]
  • Taxon name: Echinochloa colona[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], food[8], fodder[9]
  • Commons category: Echinochloa colonum[10]
  • Has basionym: Panicum colonum[11]
  • Described by source: Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=316659[13]
  • Short name: E. colona[14]
  • Taxon common name: cibogwellt y trofannau[15], jungle rice[16], Blé du Dekkan[17], 芒稷[18], 光頭稗[19], tipunhirssi[20], 光头稗[21], 扒草[22], 穇草[23], 光头稗子[24]
  • Invasive to: Ghana[25]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[26]
  • Taxon author citation: (L.) Link[27]

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Identifiers

Echinochloa colona's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 76755[28]. Echinochloa colona's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 90396[29]. Echinochloa colona's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1114108[30]. Echinochloa colona's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2702812[31]. Echinochloa colona's ITIS TSN is recorded as 40670[32].

Why It Matters

Echinochloa colona has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Invasive Plant Species in Ghana: Route of Spread, Socio-Economic and Environmental Impact. wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . 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. 3h ago · Mamouri · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 27
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'ff', 'fr', 'gu', 'hi',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||fa */ Add fawiki sitelink for the article on this taxon"
  2. 6w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Naturbasen species id → 14907/spinkel-hanespore
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Naturbasen species id: 14907/spinkel-hanespore, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321154157|Echinochloa colonum (#321154157)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  3. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital atlas of the virginia flora id → 1538
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Digital atlas of the virginia flora id: 1538, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/157707577|Echinochloa colonum (#157707577)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  4. 17w ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Invasive to → Ghana
    Taxon range → People's Republic of China, Shanghai, Fujian +11
    Taxon rank → species
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35992|batch #35992]]: P10701 of other taxons: (Echinochloa colonum)"
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