Lagerstroemia speciosa

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q1137593
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Summary

Lagerstroemia speciosa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,014 views/month, #1,079 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lagerstroemia[4]
  • Taxon name: Lagerstroemia speciosa[5]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[6]
  • Commons category: Lagerstroemia speciosa[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lagerstroemia speciosa[8]
  • Commons gallery: Lagerstroemia speciosa[9]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[10]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 52(2)[11], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[12]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=21399[13]
  • Short name: L. speciosa[14]
  • Taxon common name: pride of India[15], Königinblume[16], Giant Crape-myrtle[17], 大花紫薇[18], 大叶紫薇[19], 百日红[20], Queen's Crape-myrtle Tree[21], ಹೊಳೆ ದಾಸವಾಳ[22], செம்மருதம[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Taxon author citation: L. Pers.[25], (L.) Pers.[26]
  • Taxon range: Fujian[27], Tibet Autonomous Region[28], Guangdong[29], Myanmar[30]

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Identifiers

Lagerstroemia speciosa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 133607[31]. Lagerstroemia speciosa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 122810[32]. Lagerstroemia speciosa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582108[33]. Lagerstroemia speciosa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3188724[34]. Lagerstroemia speciosa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27111[35].

Why It Matters

Lagerstroemia speciosa has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [35] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [33] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . flowersofindia.net. flowersofindia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . flowersofindia.net. flowersofindia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . flowersofindia.net. flowersofindia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distribution of vascular plants in Xizang, China. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . 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. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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