Elaeis guineensis

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q165403
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Summary

Elaeis guineensis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,528 views/month, #1,404 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Elaeis[5]
  • Taxon name: Elaeis guineensis[6]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[7]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[8]
  • Commons category: Elaeis guineensis[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Oil palm[10]
  • Commons gallery: Elaeis guineensis[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345[12], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[13]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 13(1)[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14936[15]
  • This taxon is source of: palm oil[16], palm kernel oil[17]
  • Short name: E. guineensis[18]
  • Taxon common name: African Oil Palm[19], 油椰子[20], 油棕[21], 盐匏藤果[22], 油棕根[23], palmera aceitera[24], oljna palma[25]
  • Water footprint: 1098 cubic metre per ton[26]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]
  • Taxon author citation: Jacq.[28]
  • Taxon range: Fujian[29], Guangdong[30], Angola[31]

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Identifiers

Elaeis guineensis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 132576[32]. Elaeis guineensis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 51953[33]. Elaeis guineensis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1095470[34]. Elaeis guineensis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2731882[35]. Elaeis guineensis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506719[36].

Why It Matters

Elaeis guineensis has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

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] ↑ . Tropicos. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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