Echium
genus of plants
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Summary
Echium is a taxon[1]. Echium ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,693 views/month, #1,408 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Lithospermeae[4], Boraginaceae[5]
- Taxon name: Echium[6]
- Commons category: Echium[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Echium[8]
- Commons gallery: Echium[9]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 64(2)[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4113[14]
- Taxon common name: viper's bugloss[15], زهرة الأفعى[16], Сіняк[17], Èquium[18], hadinec[19], Slangehoved[20], Natternköpfe[21], Ussikeel[22], گل گاوزبان[23], Neidonkielet[24], Hrimanka[25], Kígyószisz[26], Իժախոտ[27], Echio[28]
- Different from: Żmijowiec (szczyt)[29]
- Has fruit type: nut[30]
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Identifiers
Echium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 56175[31]. Echium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 21610[32]. Echium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 49195[33]. Echium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2925888[34]. Echium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 31896[35].
Why It Matters
Echium has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Echium is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]