Lobelia erinus

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q158858
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Summary

Lobelia erinus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,096 views/month, #1,435 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lobelia[4]
  • Taxon name: Lobelia erinus[5]
  • Commons category: Lobelia erinus[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lobelia erinus[7]
  • Commons gallery: Lobelia erinus[8]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=22459[9]
  • Short name: L. erinus[10]
  • Taxon common name: bidoglys yr ardd[11], edging lobelia[12], Wilde lobelia[13], 六倍利[14], lobelka modrá[15], sinilobelia[16], 南非山梗菜[17], lobelia de xardín[18]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[19]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[20]

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Identifiers

Lobelia erinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 77797[21]. Lobelia erinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 16430[22]. Lobelia erinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 488214[23]. Lobelia erinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5408087[24]. Lobelia erinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 503509[25].

Why It Matters

Lobelia erinus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . 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. 9d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vascan id → 34115
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'de',
    Sitelink count → 33
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 28d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → lobelia-erinus
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  3. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Guangdong
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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