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Elaeagnus angustifolia

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q157969
Elaeagnus angustifolia
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Summary

Elaeagnus angustifolia is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,431 views/month, #1,231 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Elaeagnus[5]
  • Taxon name: Elaeagnus angustifolia[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], food[8]
  • Commons category: Elaeagnus angustifolia[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Elaeagnus angustifolia[10]
  • Commons gallery: Elaeagnus angustifolia[11]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(2)[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14915[13]
  • Short name: E. angustifolia[14]
  • Taxon common name: Schmalblättrige Ölweide[15], Russian olive[16], hlošina úzkolistá[17], oleaster[18], Russian silverberry[19], Russian-olive[20], Лох узколистный[21], Smalle olijfwilg[22], idänhopeapensas[23], 沙枣[24], 七里香[25], 桂香柳[26], 银柳[27], 刺柳[28]
  • Has fruit type: drupe[29]

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Identifiers

Elaeagnus angustifolia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 64694[30]. Elaeagnus angustifolia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36777[31]. Elaeagnus angustifolia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582727[32]. Elaeagnus angustifolia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3039269[33]. Elaeagnus angustifolia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27770[34].

Why It Matters

Elaeagnus angustifolia has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Beijing People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(2). wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . 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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