Lavandula

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q171892
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Summary

Lavandula is a taxon[1]. Lavandula ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,429 views/month, #510 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Medicinal Plant of the Year (Austria)[3]
  • Taxon rank: genus[4]
  • Parent taxon: Lavandulinae[5]
  • Taxon name: Lavandula[6]
  • Commons category: Lavandula[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lavandula[8]
  • Commons gallery: Lavandula[9]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(2)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], The New Student's Reference Work[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6567[15]
  • This taxon is source of: smell of lavender[16]
  • Taxon common name: lavender[17], 薰衣草属[18], sivka[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

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Identifiers

Lavandula's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61905[21]. Lavandula's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39169[22]. Lavandula's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61212[23]. Lavandula's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2927302[24]. Lavandula's ITIS TSN is recorded as 500370[25].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Lavandula include lavender[26], a color[27].

Why It Matters

Lavandula has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Lavandula is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for Lavandula include lavender[26], a color[27].

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] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . 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] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 65(2). wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . 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. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Livertox id → Lavender
    Verbaalpina id → C6464
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C6464, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q293102
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293102, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 14w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Q87176688
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Fabricia"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0400516-levandule
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0400516-levandule, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 19w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → smell of lavender
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ This taxon is source of: lavender oil"
  6. 20w 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 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007558011605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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