Hyssopus officinalis

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q137931
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Summary

Hyssopus officinalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,916 views/month, #940 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Hyssopus[4]
  • Taxon name: Hyssopus officinalis[5]
  • Subclass of: useful plant[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], spice[8]
  • Commons category: Hyssopus officinalis[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hyssopus officinalis[10]
  • Commons gallery: Hyssopus officinalis[11]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], Encyclopedia of Nature of Belarus[18]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=19644[19]
  • This taxon is source of: hyssop oil[20]
  • Short name: H. officinalis[21]
  • Taxon common name: Echter Ysop[22], hyssop[23], yzop lékařský[24], Ysop[25], rohtoiisoppi[26], Hysope[27], hysop[28], иссоп лекарственный[29], isop[30], zufa otu[31], 柳薄荷[32], 海索草[33], 牛膝草[34], 神香草[35]
  • Has fruit type: nucule[36]

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Identifiers

Hyssopus officinalis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 164026[37]. Hyssopus officinalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39324[38]. Hyssopus officinalis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 579591[39]. Hyssopus officinalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5341387[40]. Hyssopus officinalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32536[41].

Why It Matters

Hyssopus officinalis has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [38] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [41] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [39] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [40] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . FloraWeb. Retrieved . floraweb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  38. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C8168
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 12869259-n
    Interlingual index id → i104314
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  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +4
    Has use → medicinal plant, spice
    Topic's main category → Category:Hyssopus officinalis
    Taxon range → People's Republic of China, Switzerland
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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