Elodea

genus of aquatic plants
Taxon taxon Q21129
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Elodea

Summary

Elodea is a taxon[1]. Elodea ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month, #1,530 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elodea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Elodea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • swamp is named after Elodea[5].
  • Elodea belongs to the parent taxon Hydrocharitaceae[6].
  • Elodea's scientific name is Elodea[7].
  • Elodea's Commons category is recorded as Elodea[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Elodea is Elodea canadensis[9].
  • Elodea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elodea[10].
  • Elodea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Elodea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Elodea's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Elodea's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
  • Elodea's taxon synonym is recorded as Anacharis[15].
  • Elodea's taxon synonym is recorded as Egeria[16].
  • Elodea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4196[17].
  • Elodea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'waterweed'}[18].
  • Elodea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Waterpest'}[19].
  • Elodea is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'vodní mor'}[20].
  • Elodea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '水蕴藻属'}[21].

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Classification

Elodea's scientific name is Elodea[7]. Elodea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Elodea is classified within Hydrocharitaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Elodea is Elodea canadensis[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'waterweed'}[18], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Waterpest'}[19], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'vodní mor'}[20], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '水蕴藻属'}[21].

Discovery and Description

swamp is named after Elodea[5].

Identifiers

Elodea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57624[22]. Elodea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 26324[23]. Elodea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 35132[24]. Elodea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2865421[25]. Elodea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 38936[26].

Why It Matters

Elodea ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month, #1,530 of 195,241).[2] Elodea has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Elodea is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . powo.science.kew.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Named after swamp
    Aliases
    Taxon synonym Anacharis, Egeria
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