Lavandula

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q171892
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Lavandula

Summary

Lavandula is a taxon[1]. Lavandula ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,310 views/month, #510 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lavandula received the Medicinal Plant of the Year (Austria)[3].
  • Lavandula's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Lavandula is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Lavandula belongs to the parent taxon Lavandulinae[6].
  • Lavandula's scientific name is Lavandula[7].
  • Lavandula's Commons category is recorded as Lavandula[8].
  • Lavandula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lavandula[9].
  • Lavandula's Commons gallery is recorded as Lavandula[10].
  • Lavandula's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(2)[11].
  • Lavandula's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Lavandula's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[13].
  • Lavandula's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[14].
  • Lavandula's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Lavandula's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6567[16].
  • Lavandula's this taxon is source of is recorded as smell of lavender[17].
  • Lavandula is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lavender'}[18].
  • Lavandula is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '薰衣草属'}[19].
  • Lavandula is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '薰衣草属'}[20].
  • Lavandula is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'sivka'}[21].
  • Lavandula's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

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Classification

Lavandula's scientific name is Lavandula[7]. Lavandula is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Lavandula belongs to the parent taxon Lavandulinae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lavender'}[18], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '薰衣草属'}[19], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '薰衣草属'}[20], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'sivka'}[21].

Identifiers

Lavandula's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61905[23]. Lavandula's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39169[24]. Lavandula's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61212[25]. Lavandula's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2927302[26]. Lavandula's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500370[27].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Lavandula include lavender[28], a color[29].

Why It Matters

Lavandula ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,310 views/month, #510 of 195,241).[2] Lavandula has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Lavandula is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Lavandula include lavender[28], a color[29].

FAQs

What awards did Lavandula receive?

Honors received include Medicinal Plant of the Year (Austria)[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . 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] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(2). wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    This taxon is source of smell of lavender
    Described by source Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(2), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work +2
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558011605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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